are all controls loaded?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Slava,

I have similar problems once in a while. Often, I do this:

on preOpenStack
  hide this stack
  // do some very important stuff here
  readPrefs -- (e.g. read registration data)
  // and send a command in x millisecs
  send "initialise" to me in 0 millisecs
end preOpenStack

on initialise
  put the seconds into mySecs
  go stack "Splash" in new window
  // the splash stack contains everything
  // to set itself up
  // now we can set up our controls
  send "foo" to btn 2
  put url "http://bla.com" into fld 5
  // has the user clicked Splash away?
  if "Splash" is among the lines of the openStacks then
    wait until (the seconds - theSecs > 5) or not \
     ("Splash" is among the lines of the openStacks) with messages
    close stack "Splash"
  end if
end initalise

Of course, many variations are possible.

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On 25 jul 2011, at 00:32, Slava Paperno wrote:

> The openCard handler in the first card of my stack sends messages to various
> controls on the card, and I think some of these messages are sent before the
> control is fully loaded: I see error "no such object." If I use "send XXX to
> YYY in 800 milliseconds," then all is well.
> 
> How do I solve this dilemma? I need something like an
> "afterAllControlsAreLoaded" message :)
> 
> Slava
>