I don’t know what you mean by “multiple handlers … simultaneously”. Wouldn’t one entire loop be inside a wait of the other?
It seems like it would be easier to use send loops at the right level of processing. Dar On May 16, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > The "with messages" clause makes a repeat loop non-blocking. This allows you > to run multiple handlers with repeat statements simultaneously. I add the > wait with messages command at the end of the loop to give the engine more > time to update the GUI. Particularly in older versions of LiveCode, it makes > a huge difference. > > E.g. try setting the thumbPos of a progress bar using a repeat loop in LC 5. > Without "wait", you may not even see that the progress bar updates until you > reach the end of the loop. > > -- > 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 23:43, Jerry Jensen wrote: >> In a nice example from Mark S., I see the line below. I've never seen the >> "with messages" part on the end of a repeat statement. I tried it, and it >> compiles and runs without complaint. What does it do, allow messages at the >> end of each repeat? I don't see it in the dictionary. I'm running LC >> Community 6.6.1 . >> .Jerry >> >> On May 16, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Mark Schonewille >> <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: >> >>> repeat with x = 100 down to 0 with messages >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
