on 11/25/02 11:04 PM, Phil Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually that should be: > > Idle handlers are the devil's workshop. > > (maybe the old saying was only a US thing... ) > :o) > Phil > > On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 10:51 PM, Dominique wrote: > >>> Put an "on idle" handler in the card's script >> >> idle is the root of all evil... >> >> avoid it! >> >> -- >> Regards, >> (-8 Dominique >> _______________________________________________ >> metacard mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard >> > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard >
With all respect to Dominique and Phil, I would like to disagree here. I use to avoid idle handlers like crazy in HyperCard until one day one of the guys from Heizer Software said simply "There's nothing wrong with idle handlers". I've used them ever since with no problem. You just have to remember they're there when you look for bugs. Ray Horsley Developer, LinkIt! Software _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
