Hi Bernd, on Tue May 10 14:43:56 Bernd Niggemann wrote:
> Hi Alejandro, > tested your stack in Livecode 4.6, MacOSX 10.6.7, > MacBook Pro Intel i5 2.53 GHz > Processor usage in full stack size 1920x1200 37% > no crash but unresponsive stack. In Windows XP, processor usage raise from 01 to 09, but memory usage barely goes from 35mb to 40mb. > changed: > repeat until the mouse is down > -- code > wait tFrameDelay millisecond with messages > -- code > wait 0 milliseconds with messages > end repeat Interesting enough, this code change does not show any improvement in XP. Maybe in Windows 7 or Vista, but not in XP. > I think the way you coded it you choked Livecode since it had no chance to > do a cleanup in the repeat loop. This is a good explanation. Recently, running this stack: http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/577/Kaleidoscope-Deluxe I was unable to stop the circle animation showed in third card... > With the changes I made the stack is responsive and the animation stops as > soon as the mouse is down. Previously the mouseClick did not stop the > animation for me. > I still would do this rather in a send in time manner instead of a repeat > loop. Yes, "send in time" is a construct that Scott Rossi demostrated in this stack: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/alejandro/stacks/walkingman_Rossi.zip By the way, Did animated gif look fine in Mac OS X? No black trails? Which LiveCode version are you using? Thanks for your time testing this stack! :-) Al _______________________________________________ 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
