Indeed! Although recent frustrations have made me thing seriously about using lock messages/wait a lot more even when there's no apparent reason for doing so.
For example, with help from a kindly customer, I discovered that the following line of code in a script: "set the visible of stack tstackname to true" ... caused the rest of the script to not execute. The fix was either to move that line to the end of the script so there were no more lines to execute after it or surround it with lock/unlock messages. I've no doubt there's a good explanation for that behavior but what it could possibly be escapes me. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > I think he was joking. > > On Oct 9, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: > > > That's fine if you never use visual effects, since everything unlocks > when the current handlers are done and the engine issues an idle message. > But if you need visual transitions, scattering around lock screen commands > is a nightmare -- I can't tell you how much time I've spend trying to chase > down an obscure extra lock screen that breaks my visual effects. > > > > -- Peter > > > > Peter M. Brigham > > pmb...@gmail.com > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > > On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > > >> I've pretty much decided that every handler should start with lock > messages > >> and lock screen... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
