Thanks, Jacqueline! I’ll try to. Bill William A. Prothero, PhD Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science University of California, Santa Barbara
> On Jan 28, 2022, at 9:30 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The newer, recommended method may work better for you: > > lock screen for visual effect [in rect] > - - do stuff > unlock screen with visual effect dissolve > > This caches the area and allows the engine better control over the effect. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> On January 28, 2022 10:51:03 AM William Prothero via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Craig, >> Tnx, the reason I did the “do” stuff is because I wanted to programmatically >> vary the speed of the dissolve, initially, but it’s probably not necessary >> because most of the dissolves are the same. I have a pretty large app and I >> suspect there is some kind of timing problem because putting in a delay >> solved some of it. For me, the text fades in, then the field content >> disappears and leaves a white space where the field was. The background of >> the field is set to transparent, but I haven’t yet explored setting >> different options. I will do that today. >> >> Thanks for the comment, >> Bill >> >> William A. Prothero, PhD >> Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science >> University of California, Santa Barbara >> >>>> On Jan 28, 2022, at 6:18 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Still annoyed at having to answer in the use-list as opposed to the Forum. >>> >>> I made a new stack with a button an a field. In the button script: >>> >>> on mouseUp >>> >>> hide fld 1 >>> >>> put "fld 1" into lFieldRef >>> >>> put “dissolve" into tEffect >>> >>> put "show "&lFieldRef&" with visual effect ""e&tEffect"e into tDo >>> >>> do tDo >>> >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> Works just fine. >>> >>> Why go through all the “do” stuff? Why not just: >>> >>> show fld 1 with visual effect dissolve >>> >>> Craig >>> >>>> On Jan 27, 2022, at 9:12 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> put "show "&lFieldRef&" with visual effect ""e&tEffect"e into tDo >>>> >>>> --wait for 1 second with messages >>>> >>>> wait 500 milliseconds with messages >>>> >>>> do tDo >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
