Stupid Programming Question

[Rob Cozens]

>I've got 16 or so images that I want shown at, say, 5 tick intervals.
>
>Images are named "c1.jpg", "c2.jpg", etc.

Hi Judy,

The most straightforward approach:

repeat with x = 1 to the number of images
   show image x
   wait 5 ticks
   hide image x
end repeat

For those who eschew "wait":

on showAnImage
   constant waitingPeriod=5 -- play with interval here
   local imageNumber=0
   lock screen
   if imageNumber > 0 then hide image imageNumber -- maybe you want 
the last image to remain visible?
   add 1 to imageNumber
   if imageNumber <= the number of images then
      show image imageNumber
      send showAnImage to me in waitingPeriod ticks
   end if
   unlock screen
end showAnImage

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Rob Cozens
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