On 25/7/99 10:34 am Claude Lemmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As other people on this list i had problems with "idle" or >"mouseStilldown" or >in Metacard. >We were explained that we have to use instead "send ..." > >But i can not imagine how to use "send" in some straight cases. > >I often need that something happens repeatedly as long as the user press a >button. > >Suppose a locked field used as a counter > > >on mousedown b > repeat while the mouse is "down" > if b = 1 then > add 1 to me > else > subtract 1 from me > end if > end repeat >end mousedown on mouseDown send "checkMouse" to me end mouseDown on checkMouse --do stuff here if the mouse is "up" then exit checkMouse if "checkMouse" is not in the pendingMessages then send "checkMouse" to me in 10 milliseconds end checkMouse >or > >on mousestilldown > if mouse(1) = "down" then > add 1 to me > else > subtract 1 from me > end if >end mousestilldown There is a complete article on this subject on our web site. http://www.xworlds.com/metacard then navigate to MetaClass on the left and select the article on using send. Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.xworlds.com/> Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development. Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707.
