Detecting Design Time Status

[Scott Kane]

> I understand this, but to me there is an underlying question in this  
> area, which is why when no special tool-detection code is inserted,  
> bits (scripts) of one's app continue to run under the IDE 
> while other  
> bits stop as soon as one switches away from the browse tool. I have  
> been vaguely aware of this for some time but have never tracked it  
> down. Maybe it's scripts running from palette-style stacks 
> that don't  
> stop? There must be rules governing this, but what are they?  
> Sometimes it seems to me that there's a ghost in the machine. In  
> general although not totally averse, I'm not keen to add IDE- 
> detection code to my stacks when it will never be of any use in the  
> final standalone.

It happens to me only when I play media files (sound)
using the Play function and when I have card script
that moves to the next card via a timer.

Scott