As well as the excellent flushInputEvents()
you might want to consider checking whether an exe is already running before
launching it as this is the actual thing you want to avoid.
I forget the syntax but there is stuff in Buddy that can do this. Check
under Windows.
--
Richard Tribe, BBC Interactive dept.
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> From: Iain Sheild
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:33
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> Subject: <lingo-l> How can I flush the event buffer?
>
> I have a menu that launches seperate exe files, I click on a button to
> launch a new exe and there is a delay, on lower spec machiones this delay
> can be 5 to 6 seconds. The delay is long enough for impatient users to
> click
> randomly, other exes are of course inadvertently launched and if not then
> the mouse clicks are buffered, making a real mess of the users experience.
> I
> have tried several things:
>
> 1) Jumping to a different frame (where there is nothing to click on) and
> back again (still the clicks are buffered)
>
> 2) Using Buddy api to prevent the click (causes a crash)
>
> 3) on DisableMouseEvents
> set the mouseUpScript to "stopEvent"
> set the mouseDownScript to "stopEvent"
> end
> on EnableMouseEvents
> set the mouseUpScript to ""
> set the mouseDownScript to ""
> end
> and this just buffers the clicks too
>
>
> What can I do to stop this, is there a way to flush the event buffer - or
> is
> this a taboo?
>
> Iain
>
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