Sorry to raise panic, but when this was initially described to me it was painted as undocumented, and I took a *quick* look at the docs to verify that before I sent my email yesterday... Should have read further down and a bit slower. I've now confirmed it's supported usage, you can use it at will and call tech support if you have problems. :P
5 lashes taken for being a bonehead... Copious apologies to y'all. Cheers, Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Jakob Hede Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> call vs. sendAllSprites > > > At 11:25 -0800 2001_10_31, Thomas Higgins wrote: > > >Undoc'd, unsupported, use at your own risk! Don't ask tech support > >about it either, thanks. > > At 15:26 -0800 2001_10_31, Kerry Thompson wrote: > > >Actually, it's documented. From the 8.5 help file: > > > >"If script is a list of script instances, the message is sent to > >each item in the list in turn; if the handler is not defined in the > >ancestor script, no alert is generated." > > That's an odd and unpleasant renouncement! > I use this feature a lot, especially during clean-up routines. > Can I have some reassurance? > Or I'll feel like using any part of Director is "at my own risk!". > Regards, Jakob > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
