Scott: Yes, I had tried to send multiple delayed messages and now I find that the simple way just works. I can set more than one delayed send message and they seem to queue properly. Sorry for the goof. I guess I’m jumping in to ask a question a bit too fast. I’ll be better. Best, Bill
> On May 7, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > > Perhaps I'm not understanding your comment, but I don't believe it's > correct. Try the following on a card (one button, one field): > > [ button script ] > > on mouseUp > repeat 3 > send "doStuff" to me in 1 second > wait 500 millisecs with messages > end repeat > end mouseUp > > > on doStuff > put "got it" & cr after fld 1 > end doStuff > > You should get 3 lines placed in the field. > > > If you're doing anything that causes a blocking action in LiveCode (such > as displaying the answer dialog), it's possible that a sent-in-time > message could get skipped, but for the most part, you should be able to > queue up several of the same message, each with its own id. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 5/7/15, 10:24 AM, "William Prothero" <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > >> Folks: >> I have several timed situations in my app. They run specific handlers in >> a set number of seconds. It looks to me like there can only be a single >> invocation of ³send xyz in myDelay seconds² at a time. >> >> I¹m thinking of setting up a queue to do this. I¹m thinking of a handler >> that sends a message to itself every second, then activates various >> handlers when their delay time is satisfied. So I¹d need to manage these >> times in my own handler. I can do this, but wonder if I¹m on the right >> track. >> >> Best, >> >> Bill >> >> William A. Prothero >> http://es.earthednet.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
