Scott, What does "with messages" do? And why can't I find the "with" or "without" words in the transcript dictionary? And what does "without" do? I understand the English syntax, but not the transcript. thanks,
Chipp -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Rossi Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Two handlers sharing time Recently, Shari wrote: > Is it possible to have handlers share time? So that when it is idle, > the second handler runs? > > I have a very lengthy handler, that does certain things, calls other > handlers, and they in turn call other handlers. This sets up the > data for the user. > > As it takes more than a few seconds, I've created things for the user > to "do" while waiting. > > Is there a built in way for the main handler that sets up the data, > to pause if the user wants to do something while it's running? And > then start back up where it left off the minute the user isn't doing > anything? I don't believe MC permits simultaneous running of multiple scripts. That being said, some events can be run while other messages are processed. Wait and move are a couple of examples. wait until x = 5 with messages move grc 1 rel 0,100 without waiting One way to do what you want might be to place "checkpoints" in your main handler to check for activity or property/variable change in the second handler. A simple example: # IN THE STACK... on mainHander attentionCheck #doStuff1 #doStuff2 attentionCheck #doStuff3 #doStuff4 attentionCheck #doStuff5 #doStuff6 end mainHandler on attentionCheck if the userNeedsAttention of me then \ wait until not the userNeedsAttention of me with messages end attentionCheck # IN A BUTTON OR OTHER CONTROL ACCESSIBLE BY THE USER... on mouseDown set the userNeedsAttention of this stack to true # doUserStuff end mouseDown The efficiency of this may be questionable depending on what's being processed. It would help to know what you're doing when setting up data that takes long enough to justify preoccupying the user. Regards, Scott _____________________________________________________________________ Scott Rossi Tactile Media - Multimedia & Design Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
