At 11:25 am +0200 30/3/01, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:
>When an answer or ask dialog triggers a longer repeat loop (e.g.
>colorizing particular strings in a fields with a greater number of
>textlines or changing the color/shape of a greater number of graphics or
>fields etc.) the dialogs remain on top of the screen until the repeat
>loop is finished.
>
>In the case of the answer dialog the clicked button of the dialog
>vanishes, in case of the ask dialog the input text is hidden, but the
>dialogs remain and are then gradually wiped out as parts of the screen
>underneath the modal dialog are changed, producing sort of a dissolving
>effect, but otherwise conveying the impression of bad programming.
>
>Is there a possibility to immediately close the dialog under these
>conditions?
>
Try putting a short wait after the ask or answer line in your script. E.g.
answer <whatever>
wait 6 ticks
continue here
This is useful for most modal dialogs where the script continues
after the ask/answer/modal command, and some kind of screen redrawing
takes place in that part of the script.
Cheers
Dave Cragg
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