small discovery RE 'visual effect' command

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Wed Jun 15 13:49:43 EDT 2005


Hi Phil,

> I just discovered an undocumented feature:

not soooo undocumented ;-)

Its under "show" and "hide"...

> you can use the 'visual effect' command in conjunction with 'unlock  
> screen' as well as with 'go'. Like so:
>
>   hide btn 1
>   lock screen
>   show btn 1
>   visual effect dissolve very fast
>   unlock screen -- btn 1 will dissolve into view

Or much shorter:
...
show btn 1 with visual dissolve very fast
## or hide...
...

Lock/unlock screen is only necessary here, if you show/hide more than  
1 object...

> FWIW -
> Phil Davis

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de



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