are all controls loaded?

[Slava Paperno]

Yes, I can see how a splash screen can serve as a delay mechanism... Thanks,
Mark.

S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Mark Schonewille
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:44 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: are all controls loaded?
> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> 
> Mark Schonewille
> 
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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