I know Tiger used a different version of the JavaScript patch, so anything programmed with it would be incompatible.
On Aug 13, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you! That solved my problem. > I just have one further question. When I load my completed screen saver on > some older Macs, it does not work properly. Is my screensaver, created in > Quartz Composer 4.6 unable to run on Macs running OS X 10.4.11. > It runs fine on my Macbook running Lion, but I need it to function on a > collection of Mac Mini's that are running Tiger. > > Thanks > > Hello Jeff, > > patches only gets executed if their input values are changing. So do Java > Script patches. Some of your Java script patches even don't have any inputs, > and therefor they only get executes only once (actually twice, but this is > another story). One trick is to have a single input variable in your Java > script where you connect the system time to it. You don't need to do anything > with this variable in your Java Script, this just tells QuartzComposer to > execute this Java script every rendered frame. For performance reasons you > can also connect only the hour of the clock to that input and so the Java > Script patch gets executed when the hour changes. > > You put a "while (x=0)" with x=0 in your java script. This is dangerous > because Java script is executed synchronously and will block your QC if this > while-loop gets executed. > > best, > > Achim Breidenbach > Boinx Software Ltd. > > > On 14.08.2012, at 14:09, Jeff wrote: > > > Been working on a screen saver with quartz composer and I have run into a > > few issues. For one I want it to > > display the correct hours for the office each day, and I wrote a javascript > > patch to do just that, but if the screen > > saver runs overnight, the information does not update. I haven't been able > > to figure out how to make the > > patch continually update so if the day changes while it is running that the > > hours will be updated as well. > > Also, I would like to display a new screen when closing time is 30 minutes > > away, but I'm having the same > > problem there, since I can't figure out how to get that patch to > > continually update so that when there is more > > than 30 minutes remaining, the screen is normal, but when there is 30 > > minutes or less to closing that a new > > screen shows up announcing that. I have attached what I have been able to > > complete so far, and any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > <Test1.qtz> _______________________________________________ > > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > > > This email sent to email@hidden > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > This email sent to email@hidden > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected]
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