question re lock screen

[William Prothero]

Thanks, Jacqueline. That saves me some time and head scratching.
Bill

William A. Prothero, PhD
Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science
University of California, Santa Barbara

> On Jan 30, 2022, at 9:58 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Lockscreen only works within the current window, it doesn't apply to the whole screen. Changing stacks will always show what's happening because LC has to create a new window structure. The visibility isn't relevant per se but drawing the new window is.
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> You can initialize the new stack before going to it. Or if you want a visual effect you can go to the stack in the same window, which replaces the current content with the new stack's content without creating a new window.
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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>> On January 30, 2022 10:29:29 AM William Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> I’m working on a transition from one stack to another, and initializing to destination stack’s screen before I show it.
>> So, my question is whether the lock screen command actually works on the invisible destination screen. Or does it only apply to a screen that is visible. How does it determine which “screen” to lock?
>> 
>> I see in the dictionary that lock screen does not work in the debug mode. Hmm…. makes it harder to debug.
>> 
>> Thanks for any info,
>> Bill
>> 
>> William Prothero
>> waprothero at gmail.com
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