On May 16, 2014, at 6:49 AM, Pascal Lehner <tat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 Pascal, I have done this a lot, this works well: command fadeInMsg pText lock screen for visual effect put pText into fld "mymessage" show fld "mymessage" unlock screen with visual effect dissolve very fast end fadeInMsg command fadeOutMsg lock screen for visual effect hide fld "mymessage" unlock screen with visual effect dissolve very fast end fadeOutMsg Then call it like this: fadeInMsg "Useful information here." send "fadeOutMsg" to me in 1000 milliseconds Easy, neat, and non-blocking. HTH Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.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
