Can a mouseclick simultaneously send a message as it ends a "repeat until the mouseclick" loop?

[Dar Scott]

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 02:20 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote:

> First of all, let's redo the repeat loop and make it a
> 'send' loop.

I recommend Jan's approach.

And would add this.

If doSlideThing is called from a button mouseUp, you need a way to keep 
from starting a second slide show running on top of and interfering with 
the first.  It can also keep the first from being able to be stopped.

The simplest way might be this:

on startSlideThing
    endSlideThing
    doSlideThing
end startSlideThing

...and don't call doSlideThing from anywhere else.

You can also use a busy flag which can have advantages in preventing a 
stagger when stopping and immediately starting a slide show.


If cards can be changed, consider what you want to happen.  You may want 
to endSlideThing.  If not, the field should be card qualified or be me.  
(In the latter case, put the three slideThing handlers in the field and 
send to the field; your field becomes a slide show object.)


(And to add to the confusion... You might consider keeping the slide 
show on all the time and simply switch out the word list, using a blank 
list to keep it from flashing.)

Dar Scott