Thanks Ken, I'll give it a try. Always leery of trying anything out of the ordinary with modal windows since LC hangs up very easily on any problems with them!
I do actually need a modal window though so not sure if this will do it or not. I guess the closest way I can describe this is for the modal window to act like a Mac sheet but descend down from a control on the card rather than the window title bar. It would be nice to find a way to make this work but it's definitely window-dressing (pun entirely intended) Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Ken Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like the show and hide commands allow you to name a stack, but > there's > > no way to specify that the stack should be modal, which is what I need. > I > > thought about trying "go invisible stackname as modal" followed by the > show > > command but I think the script would stop execution at the go command so > the > > show would never happen until after I return from the modal stack. > > Actually, Pete, you found the one way to create a *non-modal* modal... it's > a way I've used many times to show a modal progress bar that does not block > script execution: > > put "Before" > go invisible stack "MyModal" as modal > set visible of stack "MyModal" to true > put "After" > > --> Puts "Before", opens the modal, then immediately puts "After" into the > message box, and the modal is still open > > So perhaps it *would* work for you after all... > > Ken > > > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> One way to restrict a visual effect to a portion of the screen is to use > >> the > >> effect with hide/show: > >> > >> show grp 1 with visual push down > >> hide grp 1 with visual push up > >> > >> However, this will not work with overlapping objects. You would have to > >> make sure the affected object can be displayed independently of objects > >> around it. Otherwise, you'll have to physically move the object (see > the > >> move command). > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Scott Rossi > >> Creative Director > >> Tactile Media, UX Design > >> > >> > >> Recently, Pete wrote: > >> > >>> I would like to have a modal stack come into view by "sliding down" > from > >>> behind a control on the calling form. I found the visual effects > command > >>> but when I use that (with scroll down), all of the existing window > >> scrolls > >>> down, not just the modal window. Seems to work the same for other > types > >> of > >>> visual effect. Any ideas on how to make that work? I'd also like to > >> make > >>> the modal window slide back up behind the control when I close it, but > >> one > >>> step at a time! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > > preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: [email protected] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
