I'm looking for a Lingo equivalent to the Tempo channel setting of "Wait
for X seconds," because I want to pause the playback head while still
continuing to play sound in sound(1) _and_ allowing user interaction.
The "delay" command won't work, because it suspends user interaction. A
timed "repeat" loop has the same problem.
Pausing the playback head with a "go to the frame" loop and setting a
global "start time" variable, and then checking the elapsed time in "on
exitFrame" won't work, because I have no place to set that "start time"
variable. Using startTimer and theTimer has the same problem: I have no
place to start the timer other than in "on enterFrame," which will simply
continuously reset my "start time."
I can't use sound(1).currentTime as a measure of elapsed time, because the
user is allowed to pause the sound.
Using the "Wait for 5 seconds" setting in the Tempo channel works fine, but
it doesn't allow the duration of the delay to be changed at runtime. Still,
if the Tempo setting can do it, I should be able to do the same with Lingo.
What am I missing?
Thanks!
Slava
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