Restricting graphics to a field?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Sat Jan 17 23:30:09 EST 2004


On 1/17/04 4:52 PM, erik hansen wrote:

> --- "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> wrote:
>  on checktool
>    if the tool <> "browse"
>    then choose browse tool
>    send "checktool" to me in 10 milliseconds
>  end checktool
> 
> this looks suspiciously like...
> on idle!

Yes, it is the cpu-friendly way to do idle.

> all seriousness aside,
> does a 6/sec call slow things down much?
> a Y/N response is fine.

It depends on the length of the handler you are calling and what it 
does, but in general, N.

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