opencard and visual effect

[Craig Newman]

Klaus.

I never use visual effects, though I played with them a lot in about 1988. They are “blocking” in some sense, so I think you are beat served by losing them entirely in your planning.

Craig

> On May 3, 2023, at 2:59 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
>> Am 03.05.2023 um 20:18 schrieb Jim Lambert via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>>> Problem for me ist to measure the time until the user hits a key after a question 
>>> appears on the screen on the card. 
>>> And I start this on "opencard", so the VISUAL effect, what the user really sees,
>>> MUST have been terminated, but obviously "opencard" does not respect this.
>> If the visual effect may be compromising your very critical timing perhaps you should eliminate the visual effect.
>> Just go card and start timing upon opencard.
> 
> you may have missed this in my last posting:
> ...
> As a workaround I'll leave the visual effect out, temporarily.
> ...
> :-)
> 
>> Jim Lambert
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> 
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