If its apple only, can you use "send to program" to control your twirly stack? No mac here anymore so can't try it.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > one way to achieve multi-tasking. Actually brilliant. What is the size of > that little sucker? > > On 14 December 2011 15:49, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > > > Well some may have missed it, but I was saying that I created a > > standalone, and all it does is display a window that has no title bar, > with > > a message and a spinning gif. I use it when I am opening an app that uses > > SQL to give the user something to look at while the connection is made > and > > everything is set up. Someone who is adventurous and good at setting up > > communication between two Livecode apps could easily find a way to change > > the message and set the location you want it to show up in, among other > > things, making it a cheap but effective little "Wait..." dialog. > > > > I launch it by putting together a simple Applescript command in my > startup > > stack that tells the :Spinner" application to activate. When I am done > with > > it, I tell the app to quit. It's actually kind of nice, except that of > > course, it's an app, and they can be quit or hidden. Since the typical > time > > I need to wait is only a few seconds, it's not a problem. > > > > If I was any good at making a Livecode external, I would try, but alas, I > > know nothing of C. > > > > Bob > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:59 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > > > > > I would use them if they worked. These would be awesome little > > indicator > > > packages, if we don't overuse it like blinking in old web sites. > Browsers > > > seem to do this with little cpu load. > > > Remember Imageready? > > > > > > On 14 December 2011 13:05, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Voted for it. Not too many people seem to be using this system though. > > >> > > >> Bob > > >> > > >> On Dec 14, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > >> > > >>> FWIW: > > >>> > > >>> Asynchronous GIF playback > > >>> <http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7600> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Richard Gaskin > > >>> Fourth World > > >>> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > > >>> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > > >>> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Stephen Barncard > > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > 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
