Unwanted tool switch

[Ken Norris]

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> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:11:30 -0800
> From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <jeanne at runrev.com>
> Subject: Re: Unwanted tool switch
> 
> At 4:54 PM -0800 3/15/03, Ken Norris wrote:
>> The following is a handler which loads an image, but causes the tool to
>> switch from Browse tool to Pointer tool. As you see I even put in a command
>> to switch it to the Browse tool, but it fails to execute, and the thing
>> switches to the Pointer tool anyway.
> 
> Replace the line
> 
> choose browse tool
> 
> with
> 
> send "choose browse tool" to me in 20 milliseconds
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OK, thanks. Yes it works, but I need to understand it.

Why must I use this command, and why 20 milliseconds as opposed to 5
millisecionds or 40 mmilliseconds?

Ken N.