Hi all, Thanks for the quick answers. I will give them a try. I just found another solution that seems even smaller but less configurable.
hide field id 1012 with dissolve show field id 1012 with dissolve Here: https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/livecode/home/disappearing-objects Now I just need to set it up in a way that it doesn't stop the rest of the work that is being done in the background Have a great weekend, Pascal 2014-05-16 14:46 GMT+02:00 Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com>: > Hi Pascal, > > You need this: > > on fadeControl theLongID > repeat with x = 100 down to 0 with messages > set the blendLevel of theLongID to x > wait 1 millisec with messages > end repeat > wait 2 seconds with messages > repeat with x = 0 to 100 with messages > set the blendLevel of theLongID to x > wait 1 millisec with messages > end repeat > end fadeControl > > usage: > > fadeControl the long id of fld 1 > > There are many ways to write the same script. You can adjust it to simply > use the number of a field and you can increase the waiting time. You could > even use steps to reduce the waiting time, but then you'd have a less > smooth effect. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Installer Maker for LiveCode: > http://qery.us/468 > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > LiveCode on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ > > > On 5/16/2014 14:38, Pascal Lehner wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I want to make a field displaying some status text ("Record saved") that >> fades from invisible to visible, stays for a few seconds and then fades >> out >> again. >> >> I have seen that there seems to be a way to do this with groups, but could >> I also do it with a single field? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Pascal >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
