Lock screen and animated gif

[bob at bobhall.net]

I find to get the spinner to rotate you need to add a wait with messages statement into loops somewhere.

wait 0 seconds with messages

Give it a try and see if that gets it spinning.

- Bob Hall



> On Dec 20, 2022, at 7:27 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Try 'without messages'.
> 
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>> I have a script that modifies line by line the color
>> and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up
>> to 500 lines long.
>> I am using "lock screen" to speed up things.
>> But at the same time I have a spinning animated gif
>> to tell end users to wait until the modification is
>> done.
>> The problem is that "lock screen" freezes everything
>> and the gif stops spinning.
>> Is there a workaround for using "lock screen" and an
>> animated gif simultaneously ?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance.
>> jbv
>> 
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