lock/unlock screen

[Richmond]

On 09/22/2012 08:36 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> Here's another nuance on lock screen, throwing in preOpenCard processing
> just for good measure!
>
> My preOpenCard code includes lock and unlock screen commands. While the
> screen is locked, I alter the stack's topLeft property, expecting that the
> user would see the stack in the location I set it to.
>
> However, the stack is initially displayed in one location then jumps to the
> location I set it to.
>
> My understanding of preOpenCard is that it happens before the stack is
> displayed so  this behavior puzzles me.  I had to move the code that
> adjusts the stack's topLeft into another handler and execute it via a "send
> in zero" command in order to get round some other issues with preOpenCard -
> could it be that delays the setting  of topLeft long enough that it doesn't
> happen until after preOpenCard is done?
>
> This all with LC 5.5.0 and OS X 10.7.4.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>

Yes, I have had that problem before, so now I tend to put the "relocate" 
script,
along with a lockscreen command in a preOpenStack command:

on preOpenStack
   set the lockScreen to true
    set the loc of stack "ZZZ" to the screenLoc
  set the lockScreen to false
end preOpenStack

Richmond.