AW: why does lock screen doesn't locks the screen?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Good idea Chris,
thank you Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Nonsanity
> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Juli 2011 17:29
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: why does lock screen doesn't locks the screen?
> 
> "lock screen" only locks the window contents, not the whole screen
(despite
> the name) and never the cursor. The cursor belongs to the user and lives
> above the screen. But you can "lock cursor" to keep in in the shape that
you
> want.
> 
> I can't get "set cursor to none" to hide the cursor here, so there may be
> something wrong with that feature. What you can do instead is make a 16x16
> all-alpha png file and import that into the stack. Then you can set the
> cursor to that image's id and then lock the cursor and do your movements.
> When the handler exits, the lock will be released, but it's always better
to
> put an "unlock cursor" (or screen) because these commands stack. (Five
locks
> takes five unlocks.)
> 
> I made such an image and tested it, and it worked. I'd give you a link to
> the image, but Dropbox is being flaky right now. Wait... I'll put it on
> another server:
> 
> http://nonsanity.com/x/invisible16x16.png
> 
> And here's my script. I made sure the points I picked were over different
> objects, like a field, to make sure the cursor wouldn't change as it would
> normally.
> 
> on mouseUp
>    set the cursor to 1007
>    lock cursor
>    set the cursor to 1007
>    wait 50
>    repeat with a = 1 to 4
>       set the screenmouseloc to word a of "202,398 290,270 168,222
363,594"
>       wait 50
>    end repeat
> end mouseUp
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
>  ~ Chris Innanen
>  ~ Nonsanity
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB
<toolbook at kestner.de>wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > In a function I set the screenMouseLoc to four different locations on an
> > image to get the mousecolor of these four locations.
> >
> > I have set the screen lock at the beginning of the function, but the
cursor
> > is flickering at all four locations, so obviously the screen is redrawn
> > everytime I set the mouse at a new location  though the screenloc is
true.
> >
> > What can I do to not see the mouse (and perhaps speed up the function),
and
> > why does the lock screen doesn't work in this case?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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