>  > on mousedown me
>>    repeat while the mousedown<snip>
>>    end repeat
>>  
>>  end
>>
>>
>You have a repeat loop going while the mousedown. That will keep
>executing until the mouse is released. Repeat loops are pretty notorious
>hogs.
>
>I'd check for the mouseDown in an exitFrame handler rather than a repeat
>loop. That would let you do other stuff in between checks.


The consensus is to have a flag, but I feel sure there are going to 
be exceptions to that approach, in which cases you could do what I 
suggested. Kerry 'snipped' too much, and maybe didn't notice your 
updatestage.



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