I have seen this sort of thing before with the wait command. Very frustrating. Apparently Livecode is not *strictly* single threaded.
Bob S > On Nov 8, 2020, at 22:31 , Roger Guay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Thank you, Mark. You’re very kind! And very helpful. I do remember now how > one needs to wait with messages. > > Roger > >> On Nov 8, 2020, at 9:05 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/8/20 8:02 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: >>> On 11/8/20 6:57 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote: >>>> Please tell me why this doesn’t work: >> >> ...and that is, btw, hardly a stupid question. >> You want stupid you'll have to get in line after me. >> >> -- >> Mark Wieder >> ahsoftw...@gmail.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 _______________________________________________ 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