Grab Commands

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, benjamin pastrana wrote:

> I have the following script in an "barrel" picture: I want to simulate a
> barrel making noise
> while it's beign moved.

> ...

> The thing is that I want only to play the sound
> IF the picture is beign dragged.
> 
> Right now it plays because it's under the mouseDown...
> 
> what is the command that detects the drag action and when its not beign
> dragged?

I'm not sure you can do this using 'grab' since this command stops all other
messages until the mouse is released.  You might try using a custom drag
routine -- here's one example (execute in your message box):

 go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/drag_sample.rev"

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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