Hi Phil...
Use unlock screen instead of show object... lockscreen for visual effect --draw the new set of people into the same rect as the old ones, while the screen is locked unlock screen with push down > From: p...@liverpool.ac.uk > Subject: lock screen and visual effect advice needed > Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:26 +0100 > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Hi folks, > My big LiveCode project is due for an update. I haven't touched it since > LiveCode 4.6.4, and now I'm using 5.0.2 and things aren't working as they > did. Its the change to the visual effect mechanism that's causing me grief. I > have a set of images of people in the top half of the window, and I want to > replace that set of people with a different one. In 4.6.4 I could just > > > set lockscreen to true > -- > --draw the new set of people into the same rect as the old ones, while the > screen is locked > -- > show object with push down --the object occupies the same rect as the set of > people > > > That had the desired effect - the new set of people slid down the screen, > appearing to push the original set off. > > (here's a small movie showing the effect in 4.6.4: > http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~phil/LCVFXDemo.mov ) > > In 5.0.2, using the same code, the new set just replaces the old (as though > I'd just locked, then unlocked the screen without a visual effect). I tried > using: > > > lock screen for visual effect > -- > --draw the new set of people into the same rect as the old ones, while the > screen is locked > -- > show object with push down --the object occupies the same rect as the set of > people > > > But it does exactly the same thing. I've also tried unlocking the screen just > before the "show object" call, but of course you see a brief flash of the new > set where the old ones were, then a different image of the new set slides > down over it like it used to do in 4.6.4. > > Anyone got any idea how to make this work? Is there a way to mix "lock > screen" with "show" that works correctly? I've got this sort of animation all > over in this app, and this change to the way lockscreen works completely > messes all that up. > > -- > Phil Jimmieson p...@liverpool.ac.uk (UK) 0151 795 4236 (Mobile) 07976 > 983164 > Computer Science Dept., Liverpool University, Ashton Building, Ashton Street > Liverpool L69 3BX http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~phil/ > I used to sit on a special medical board... ...but now I use this ointment. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
