On 9/6/01 5:44 pm, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Using a repeat loop within a mouseDown handler is how I've done this for
>> years, and how RunRev does a lot of its stuff as well.
>
> Jeez, I hope you're wrong about that. This technique is just poor and
> no advanced scripter should even be tempted to use it. And with the
> mouseMove message, there's never any need to. Using "repeat until
> <event> will *never* be as smooth or reliable as doing it the right
> way, using messages. It's like driving your car around with one foot
> resting on the brake pedal.
I'm not aware of using that technique in Rev - if you can point me to an
example please let me know (off list) and I'll investigate why we used it.
mouseMove is the way to go, and it takes a very small number of minutes
indeed to convert to using a mouseMove handler instead of a repeat until...
Regards,
Kevin
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