Jacqueline: This appears to do the trick. I had other problems too, like locking the screen before I went to the card that was to display the text. But what you describe works and now I’m cleaning up the stack.
Thanks, Bill > On Jan 28, 2022, at 9:59 AM, William Prothero via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 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 William A. Prothero, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara Dept. of Earth Sciences (Emeritus) Santa Barbara, CA. 93105 http://earthlearningsolutions.org/ _______________________________________________ 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
