Scott, many thanks! I'm still dusting off the cobwebs, and trawling through the user guide.
g -- photo site: http://gerryorkin.com On Monday, 21 March 2011 at 7:29 PM, Scott Morrow wrote: > Hello Gerry, > > From the docs: > "If no audio clip is playing, the sound function returns done" > > If you don't have any other sounds playing you could set up a "send in time" > loop to check if the sound was done which would be more efficient than using > idle. > > For example: > > local lPendingMessageQueue > > --> your code here > -- begin playing your sound here > send IsSoundDone to me in 200 millisec -- or whatever time span works best > -- capture the "send" message ID here if you want to cancel it later > put CR & the result after lPendingMessageQueue > --> more of your code here > > > command IsSoundDone > if the sound is done then > -- hide the button > -- possibly cancel any pending message IDs if this command is sent from > multiple sources > -- put empty into lPendingMessageQueue > else > -- check again in a little bit > send IsSoundDone to me in 200 millisec -- or whatever time span works best > end if > end IsSoundDone > > Note: this is untested pseudo code off the cuff... > > > Scott Morrow > > Elementary Software > (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) > web http://elementarysoftware.com/ > email sc...@elementarysoftware.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Gerry wrote: > > > Hi again > > > > In iOS I have to monitor the playing of a sound while the user browses the > > app, going from one screen/card to the next. If a sound is playing, I show > > a button, but if the sound ends, I want the button to be hidden. > > > > In Hypercard I would have used idle. Is that still a good way to implement > > this in LiveCode? > > > > Cheers > > > > Gerry > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
