Re: Best practise for a quiz control?
I was just thinking about an alternative to modal processing, because I have a stack I want to be modal just so I can interrupt the flow of the calling program. However, if I throw an error while modal, say a database connection error which I occassionally get because I am using an iffy wireless router, I cannot interact with the debugger. What I was thinking is having a toggle variable that contains something like “pre” or “post”. The handler that calls the stack would have two sections. One “if pModal is ‘pre’" the other “else — if pModal is “post”. Now in the calling openStack handler I would get the object that opened the stack and the handler that opened it. Once done, I would send the handler with the arguement “post” in time, then close the stack. I can pass data back and forth with the dialogData. Using this method I can avoid the issues that come with calling a stack as modal, especially during development. I could also have the advantage of calling multiple stacks “pseudo-modally” without the stacks interfering with each other. Bob S > On Jul 24, 2015, at 02:52 , Mark Waddingham wrote: > >> I am not sure, what my loop will be doing, while I opened modal the answer >> window? Will the loop wait for the user answer in the modal window in both >> above cases, or is the modal window completely independent from the loop and >> the loop runs on? How can I hold my loop waiting for the user action in the >> modal window? > > When you 'modal' a stack, the modal command will block the current script > until the dialog closes. (e.g. You have an OK / Cancel button which do 'close > this stack'). > > Note that messages *are* dispatched whilst this blocking occurs - otherwise > events wouldn't get processed so you wouldn't have any user interaction. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
AW: Best practise for a quiz control?
Hi Tim, thanks for your recommendation Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von tbodine Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Juli 2015 15:54 An: use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com Betreff: Re: Best practise for a quiz control? Hi. I would definitely write my own handler to manage and display the questions and call that handler with a Send command instead of the forever loop. -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Best-practise-for-a-quiz-cont rol-tp4694294p4694305.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best practise for a quiz control?
Hi. I would definitely write my own handler to manage and display the questions and call that handler with a Send command instead of the forever loop. -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Best-practise-for-a-quiz-control-tp4694294p4694305.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
AW: Best practise for a quiz control?
Hi Mark, thanks for clarifying this part of my question! Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Waddingham Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Juli 2015 11:53 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Best practise for a quiz control? > I am not sure, what my loop will be doing, while I opened modal the > answer window? Will the loop wait for the user answer in the modal > window in both above cases, or is the modal window completely > independent from the loop and the loop runs on? How can I hold my loop > waiting for the user action in the modal window? When you 'modal' a stack, the modal command will block the current script until the dialog closes. (e.g. You have an OK / Cancel button which do 'close this stack'). Note that messages *are* dispatched whilst this blocking occurs - otherwise events wouldn't get processed so you wouldn't have any user interaction. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Best practise for a quiz control?
I am not sure, what my loop will be doing, while I opened modal the answer window? Will the loop wait for the user answer in the modal window in both above cases, or is the modal window completely independent from the loop and the loop runs on? How can I hold my loop waiting for the user action in the modal window? When you 'modal' a stack, the modal command will block the current script until the dialog closes. (e.g. You have an OK / Cancel button which do 'close this stack'). Note that messages *are* dispatched whilst this blocking occurs - otherwise events wouldn't get processed so you wouldn't have any user interaction. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Best practise for a quiz control?
Hello, What I want to do: The user gets a kind of multiple choice question, answers by clicking his choice in a list or answering a dialog (two different cases). The answer dialog has to be a modal window, not the standard answer dialog, because I have to place the dialog window at a certain screen position. After answering, the next question is being asked. This is a kind of loop with dialogs. My question: Should I build this question-answer cycle in a "repeat forever" loop or in a "myHandler", which has a "send myHandler to me in 1" at the end. Or is there a better design approach for this? I am not sure, what my loop will be doing, while I opened modal the answer window? Will the loop wait for the user answer in the modal window in both above cases, or is the modal window completely independent from the loop and the loop runs on? How can I hold my loop waiting for the user action in the modal window? Thanks for your recommendations Tiemo ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
