Hi Alex, I wish I could! The problem is that I'm setting the textshift and imagesource of a specific character in each line. I tried putting everything into a variable first but the textshift and imagesource properties aren't available in variables.
I'm currently experimenting with putting html into a variable for all the lines then setting the htmltext of the field to the variable. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > No chance you can 'batch' the updates ? > > put fld "someField" into temp >> repeat with i = 1 to (many thousands) >> put someUpdate(i) after temp >> end repeat >> put temp into fld "someField" >> > > will be *so* much faster ... > > -- Alex. > > On 19/09/2012 19:57, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> OK, I think this all hangs together now. I guess the only thing to watch >> out for might be an unlock screen with no associated lock screen since it >> sounds like that would have the potential to unlock the screen too early. >> Not likely to happen though. >> >> I was hoping this discussion might solve a problem I'm having where >> updating a scrolling list field seems to be taking a lot longer than I >> thought it would when I'm putting a lot of lines into the field (in the >> region of a couple of thousand), but looks like the problem must lie >> elsewhere in my code. >> >> Pete >> lcSQL Software<http://www.lcsql.com> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:07 AM, J. Landman Gay >> <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>**wrote: >> >> On 9/19/12 12:52 PM, Richmond wrote: >>> >>> Richmond had a genius moment :) >>>> >>>> I made a wee stack called "LOCKER" with >>>> two buttons; "Triple-Play" and "Single Undo" and >>>> a fld "fff" containing the text "UNLOCKED!" >>>> >>>> the script of btn "Triple-Play" goes like this: >>>> >>>> on mouseUp >>>> set the vis of fld "fff" to false >>>> set the lockscreen to true >>>> set the lockscreen to true >>>> set the lockscreen to true >>>> end mouseUp >>>> >>>> the script of btn "Single Undo" goes like this: >>>> >>>> on mouseUp >>>> set the lockscreen to false >>>> if the lockscreen is false then >>>> set the vis of fld "fff" to true >>>> end if >>>> end mouseUp >>>> >>>> HOT, SCREAMING STUFF! >>>> >>>> so; click on btn "Triple-Play" which locks the screen THRICE, >>>> >>>> then; click on btn "Single Undo" which unlocks the screen ONCE, >>>> >>>> and, >>>> >>>> "Bingo", "Kazoom", "Jumping Space Potatoes"; >>>> >>>> fld "fff" becomes visible. >>>> >>>> That's not really a valid test because the engine will be idling >>> between >>> the handler executions. All lockscreens are cancelled at idle. >>> >>> Locks are nested. If one handler calls another, they remain nested. As >>> soon as the engine gets a chance to do its housekeeping, lockscreens are >>> reset. >>> >>> For example: >>> >>> on mouseUp >>> set the lockscreen to true >>> commandOne >>> put the lockscreen -- should be true >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> on commandOne >>> >>> set the lockscreen to true >>> get 1+1 >>> >>> set the lockscreen to false >>> end commandOne >>> >>> When these handlers are done, lockscreen will be false because the engine >>> will reset it. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> 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<http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >>> <**http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<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<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<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
