>I have a handler that calls another handler. I can embed the 2nd handler
>in the first one, but I make it separate in case I can reuse it from
>another script.
I *think* you mean you can have multiple handlers in a script. This is
true. If you're thinking of Pascal-style local procedures, no, you can't do
that in Lingo.
>Instead of letting the globals floating around when the program is
>running, is there a way to kill it after it's done. I don't know if
>properties would do it
Globals are around as long as your movie is running--they even hang around
if you go to or play another movie.
Properties are one way of doing it, if you're using OOP. When you dispose
of an object, its properties are removed from the heap.
Another way of passing values is via parameters. Say you have a sprite with
this behavior attached:
property pAlive
on beginSprite
pAlive = TRUE
end
on mouseUp me
myPos = sprite(me.spriteNum).rect
call (#showGloss, script "Chapter Display", myPos, pAlive)
end
This way myPos is strictly a local variable--its memory is available as
soon as the mouseUp handler finishes. pAlive, on the other hand, stays
around as long as the playback head is in the sprite span.
Hope this helps.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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