I have a large project running under 6.6.x (all versions over the years) which uses hide/show all the time and it's always worked okay.
I can't think of anything that would cause your symptoms though, it's pretty odd. On November 26, 2014 5:46:25 AM CST, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > >This feels so unlikely that I wonder if I'm simply doing something >wrong >- but thought I'd ask first. > >I had a script which is supposed to (amongst other things) hide one >particular group. Although it usually worked OK, in some cases, >sometimes, the group would remain visible when it is not supposed to. >Trying to find this in the IDE/debugger wasn't getting anywhere, so I >reverted to using "put"s (but still in the IDE). I finished up after a >few iterations with some code that said > > >...... >hide grp "abcde" >put "here now" && the vis of grp "abcde" &CR after msg >.... > >and it output > here now true > >So I changed the code to >...... >set the vis of grp "abcde" to false >put "here now" && the vis of grp "abcde" &CR after msg >.... >and what do you know - not only does it output "here now false", but >the >group *always* becomes invisible. > >Does "hide" do anything different from simply setting the visibility to > >false? >Is it remotely possible this isn't me misunderstanding something ? > >And then - in a completely different bit of the same app, in a >different >group, I have some code (in the group script) that was doing >... >show me >.... >to ensure that the group was visible (inside a timed / delay loop). >This >would occasionally result in some graphics showing up wrongly (in the >wrong colour) very briefly. Simply changing the code to >.... >set the visible of me to true >.... >again seems to fix this. > >To be honest, if someone else described these symptoms to me, I'd be >looking for what else was going on that they had forgotten about :-) >But I've already done that - now I'm hoping someone can offer an idea >of >whether this is feasible. >Has anyone else seen anything like this ? >Should I be pursuing an attempt to make this happen in a smaller sample > >so I can submit a useful bug report ? > >(oh - glad you asked - Mac OSX 10.8.5, LC 6.6.2) > >Thanks >-- Alex. > > >_______________________________________________ >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 -- 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