metacard digest, Vol 1 #19 - 8 msgs

[Ray G Miller]

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Dave Cragg wrote:

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> >The Visual Effect should take place AFTER (in this case), not before
> >the handler operates. Is this caused by the
> >lost focus of the locked fld? The called handler updates a flock of
> >fields and POP buttons, however, the control
> >still resides within the original mouseUp handler, right?
>
> Any chance you're locking the screen in the somethingInteresting
> handler? I think that would stop the visual.
>

Yep, that war the problem. Nasty HyperCard habit that-- type "lock screen" at the start of every command.

I also noticed the "lock screen" is far inferior to "alwaysBuffer."  "Lock screen" seems to
produce an alarming amount of "jiggle" in every stack open.


Jacqueline wrote:
"Did you say the incorrect hilite only happens on OS 7.6.1, or does it
happen on all Mac OS versions?

I've only tried it on 7.6.1. and 8.5/8.62. Only 7.6.1 yields the Type 1 error and crash on
closeBox and incorrect hilite color.  I did not set the hilite color on any stack.
I thought that the hilite color was sucked from the system prefs... Is this wrong?

"If all, then it's got to be a hilitecolor
property set somewhere that is causing normal color inheritance. Check
the colors of every object in the hierarchy if you haven't already; the
fields themselves, the group they are in, the card, the stack, your Home
stack, any stacks in use, etc."

I tried setting the hiliteColor on preOpenStack of the main stack. It had no effect.

Ray
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