How about setting the cursor to none and locking the cursor? Mike
Original Message From: Richmond Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 1:59 PM To: How to use LiveCode Reply To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: how to stop mouse clicks from executing? On 1.09.2014 20:23, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: > I have a situation in my program where I'm showing the user some stuff. I do > not want the user to be able to click with the mouse during this time. > What is the best way to do that? > Actually it would be great if the user couldn't even move the mouse (within > my program) during this time. > > TIA > Larry > _______________________________________________ > How about this sort of code in your cardScript: on mouseUp if fld "NIX" contains 1 then ---do nix end if end mouseUp then have an offscreen fld "NIX" that you put 1 onto when your slide-show starts, and you put 'empty' into when it finishes? of course you could move that script out of the cardScript into all your buttons on the card like this: on mouseUp if fld "NIX" contains 1 then ---do nix else --do whatever you want this button to do end if end mouseUp Richmond. _______________________________________________ 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