Worked a peach. I was hiding the entire stack actually. Setting the repeatCount works fine. I am now using 0.00% processor while my app is "idling". I am so tempted to really enhance that "Spinner" app as it would make a great altDialog that works like a second threaded app. The concept could be extended to a great many things, like a database agent or a multiuser development engine. Hmmm...
Bob > Thanks Scott and Jan! How easy! > > Bob > > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > >> I'm pretty sure hiding an animated GIF should prevent processor use, but if >> it doesn't, you can set the repeatCount property of the GIF image to 0. >> Don't know if this will solve your processor use issue though... >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX Design >> >> >> >> Recently, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> You may vaguely remember a thread about using a standalone as a kind of ad >>> hoc >>> animated dialog using Applescript commands? Well as it turns out that app >>> while running is using 16% to 18% of my processor just sitting there with >>> it's >>> stack hidden! The only thing happening is the animated gif is spinning. Do >>> animated gif's really use that much processor power?? Is there a way to >>> start >>> and stop the animation? If not, I suppose I can just have the app quit when >>> not in use. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
