Hi Craig thanks for responding. I am not updating fields per se as the only 
thing changing is the datagrid selection(s) and the status of the checkbox. 

Curiously I am not seeing the tab widget selection change but I am seeing the 
hiding and showing of the datagrids as each tab is selected. 

Bob S


> On Mar 28, 2024, at 5:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob.
> 
> I have no idea what you are facing with such a basic issue. To be sure, 
> please, somewhere in the stack you are having the issue, make a button and a 
> field and run this:
> 
> on mouseup
> 
> lock screen  —comment out for the first run
> 
> repeat 3
> 
> put random(999) into fld 1
> 
> wait 20
> 
> end repeat
> 
> end mouseup
> 
> 
> 
> Do you see the two scenarios above working normally? That is, with the lock 
> screen disabled, you see three numbers in succession, and with it enabled, 
> you only see the last one?
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2024, at 8:13 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Bob,
>> 
>> I'm not sure from your description how / when you are seeing the 
>> (unexpected) changes happening.
>> 
>> Remember that lockscreen is automatically set to false when there is no 
>> handler running, so unlerss you have an intensive handler running, you will 
>> see these changes.
>> 
>> If it's not that - could you describe how you are verifying the effect of 
>> lockscreen in more detail. Thanks.
>> 
>> Alex.
>> 
>> On 27/03/2024 22:55, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>> 
>>> I read in the dictionary that Lock Screen does not work in Script Debug 
>>> mode. Okay so I turn it off, put the command “Lock Screen” at the entry 
>>> point to a selectionChanged handler which goes on to do a number of things 
>>> that change the appearance of the screen. The screen is decidedly NOT 
>>> LOCKED! The things I go on to do are things like changing the hilitedItems 
>>> of a tab widget which in turn shows and hides a number of objects, and also 
>>> changes the selection in a number of datagrids. Every action that alters 
>>> the screen is visible after I issue the Lock Screen command.
>>> 
>>> Is Lock Screen completely hosed? Am I missing something??
>>> 
>>> Bob S
>>> 
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