Ah OK, that makes sense. I had the impression that each sprite needed mouseUp logic that was unique to it. I think I'm now seeing the usefulness of this.
I'm thinking there might be a spot for a utility that, for any given control, lists the message handlers it uses and where they reside..... Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:31 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > On 7/12/13 2:47 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:36 AM, J. Landman Gay >> <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>**wrote: >> >> Remember that behaviors are not a single handler, they are whole scripts. >>> I have several sprites that require different behaviors on mouseUp but >>> they >>> all have the same behaviors on mouseDown. With a chained behavior, I >>> could >>> have placed the mouseDown handler into the "top" of the chain and >>> different >>> mouseUp handlers in each separate behavior script underneath that: >>> >>> on mouseDown >>> doDownStuff >>> end mouseDown >>> / \ >>> on mouseUp on mouseUp >>> doBehavior1 doBehavior2 >>> end mouseUp end mouseUp >>> >>> >> OK, good example, thanks. I have to ask, though, why not have the unique >> mouseUp handlers in the sprite scripts and a behavior script for the >> common >> mouseDown handler? >> > > Well, there are four different behaviors (so far,) applied to hundreds of > objects spread across dozens of stacks. If I needed to change anything, I'd > be in there for weeks or I'd have to script an auto-scripter. Also, the > bulk of all those repetitions would unnecessarily increase the stack size. > One of the mouseUp behaviors is 200 lines long. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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
