I created a watcher window application, which also runs in shockwave. You can download
it at www.kanding.dk and play around with the code so you don't have to start from
scratch. Please send me a copy back if you extend/optimize it.
John
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> Sendt: 12. september 2000 08:04
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> Emne: Re: <lingo-l> Watch window
>
>
> At 11:26 AM -0700 9/5/00, Kerry Thompson wrote:
> >D8, Mac G4, dual 21" displays
> >
> >Is there any way of extending the length of a variable
> displayed in the
> >watch window? I am building some complex property lists, and
> the watch
> >window just cuts them off at a certain point--maybe 256 characters (I
> >haven't counted).
> >
> >This happens no matter how wide I set the watch window. I'm
> running my main
> >monitor at 1600 x 1200, so there's plenty of horizontal
> room. It just cuts
> >the variable off.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
> You could build a MIAW which used a timeout() object to poll
> and display
> the data value of a specific variable in a text member...
>
> timeout("dataWatcher").new(500, #updateDisplay, (script "watcherCode")
>
> -- script "watcherCode:
>
> on updateDisplay me
> (member "display").text = string(someSpecificVariable)
> end updateDisplay
>
> The rest is up to your artist skills for the UI and creating
> some sort of
> method for selecting the variable or expression to watch rather than
> hardcoding it as I did above.
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry
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