Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I hope you know where to get Genuis Enhancement pills on the internet, because we are all going to need them before diving into THAT series. Bob S On Dec 21, 2022, at 05:22 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Thank you. In a future Livecode Global you

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-21 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Thank you. In a future Livecode Global you should do a series on "How the Engine Actually Works" :-) On 12/21/2022 8:00 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: On 2022-12-20 18:27, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If someone switches to another applications (so a suspendStack is exec

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-21 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2022-12-20 18:27, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: If someone switches to another applications (so a suspendStack is executes and does the currently executing script get suspended?) and then back to a different window/stack, could that also change the defaultStack for the currently executin

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
A while back I created a Spinner standalone that listened for messages via sockets. It worked quite well actually. I sent it commands to show and hide itself, and start and stop the spinner, as well as text to display. Since it was a standalone app it was not subject to the inline message queue.

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
this is the exact same thing I was experiencing a few years back which got me away from even referring to the defaultStack. Or topStack for that matter. I was using wait and send in time a lot back then. Now I explicitly refer to a stack by it's filename or better yet a card by it's long id. B

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
A thingle is similar to a thimble but is available in much larger sizes. Some are used as cake and cheese covers but the largest ones can fit over the head, where some believe they protect from alien death rays and the mmwaves that cell towers emit. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactiv

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
That's probably a better solution anyway because progress bars make the wait seem faster since users can see something happening. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2022 12:37:45 PM jbv via use-livecode wrote:

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It's also possible to set the currentFrame of an animated gif, which would do the same thing. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On December 20, 2022 8:31:27 AM Brian Milby via use-livecode wrote: Another option is to use a

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Thanks for the offer, but actually things are a bit more complicated and include several steps : 1- the user selects different options on a modal stack 2- the user clicks a "search" button 3- various calculations are made client side according to the selections and some data already in the main st

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Mark, Thanks for clarifying! On 12/20/2022 1:10 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: Finally click button B2 on stack S2 - the one which changes the defaultStack in a pending message... Then observe an error - this is the case Paul describes. I must have had some of the above going on

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2022-12-20 15:48, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: I'm just using this post to raise awareness on the list (if anyone reading this doesn't know this already) When using 'wait 0 with messages' any messages in the pendingMessages (who are not delayed in time) get processed. This includes (po

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
How many chars in the text? I'd wager that unless it's uncommonly enormous, you may find that the one-time cost of writing a handler to use the styledText array of the field will speed things up so much you may not even need anything more than a brief watch cursor. If you can post a sample p

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
It's okay, I'm sure you will be here all w... oh wait, is that the manager motioning you off the stage? Bob S > On Dec 20, 2022, at 07:40 , harrison--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Thingle, It could also be: I’m single - but with a lisp! LOL > > Ok, I’ll stop now. > > Rick > > > > __

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
I'm just using this post to raise awareness on the list (if anyone reading this doesn't know this already) When using 'wait 0 with messages' any messages in the pendingMessages (who are not delayed in time) get processed. This includes (potentially) user clicks (mouseDown and mosueUp events).

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread harrison--- via use-livecode
Thingle, It could also be: I’m single - but with a lisp! LOL Ok, I’ll stop now. Rick ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread harrison--- via use-livecode
Is updateYourThingle a technical term? What is a Thingle anyway? I’m familiar with Thingy, but I haven’t seen a Thingle before. Your definition appears to be: Some icon thing that spins around. Sorry, I just couldn’t resist! ;-) Rick > On Dec 20, 2022, at 9:37 AM, Craig Newman via use-liveco

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread bob--- via use-livecode
I find to get the spinner to rotate you need to add a wait with messages statement into loops somewhere. wait 0 seconds with messages Give it a try and see if that gets it spinning. - Bob Hall > On Dec 20, 2022, at 7:27 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > Try 'without mes

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Jbv. "Every ten lines"??? Is your handler using a loop to massage each of those lines? If so update the scrollbar every 10 passes through. So if you are using “repeat with…” you can do something like: repeat with y = 1 to whatever if y mod 10 = 0 then updateYourThingie And if you are using

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Another option is to use an SVG icon and rotate it a bit each time. Gives the impression of a spinning object. Brian Milby br...@milby7.com > On Dec 20, 2022, at 8:44 AM, jbv via use-livecode > wrote: > > Le 2022-12-20 08:19, Brian Milby via use-livecode a écrit : >> Could you make changes

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Le 2022-12-20 08:19, Brian Milby via use-livecode a écrit : Could you make changes to htmlText in a variable and then assign all at once back to the field? I thought of that, but it makes other parts of the script more complicated. Finally I will chose a different strategy : instead of an ani

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Could you make changes to htmlText in a variable and then assign all at once back to the field? Brian Milby br...@milby7.com > On Dec 20, 2022, at 8:05 AM, Antti Ilola via use-livecode > wrote: > > How about changing the mouse cursor. I found below about using a lock > screen. > " The only e

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Antti Ilola via use-livecode
How about changing the mouse cursor. I found below about using a lock screen. " The only exception to this (freeze window) is the mouse cursor. It continues to move with the mouse and any changes to the cursor icon (like set cursor to busy) do appear." Antti ti 20. jouluk. 2022 klo 14.42 jbv via

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Do you mean "lock screen without messages" ? Doesn't work... Le 2022-12-20 07:27, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode a écrit : Try 'without messages'. On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: Hi list, I have a script that modifies line by line

Re: Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
Try 'without messages'. On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi list, > I have a script that modifies line by line the color > and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up > to 500 lines long. > I am using "lock screen" to speed up th

Lock screen and animated gif

2022-12-20 Thread jbv via use-livecode
Hi list, I have a script that modifies line by line the color and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up to 500 lines long. I am using "lock screen" to speed up things. But at the same time I have a spinning animated gif to tell end users to wait until the modification is done. The prob