Most Efficient Way To "Blink"

Tom Glod tom at makeshyft.com
Sat Oct 6 16:23:08 EDT 2018


does this code crash it all the time or just one time?

On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 4:21 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I just crashed 9.0.1. stable with the first recursion error I  had in a
> long time.
>
> I was playing with to "blinking" animation.
>
> using
>
> send "blinkStart true" to me in 500 milliseconds
>
> crashed the IDE.
>
> Now I have this, but color doesn't change.
>
> Anyone have a efficient recipe to "blink" any control?
>
> In this case I changed to backgroundcolor property, but it could be any
> property you want to turn off and on again until user takes action
>
> *command*blinkStart pBool
>
> # sent "true" when card opens;
>
> # send "false" when user clicks it
>
> *    if* pBool istrue*then*
>
> *        repeat* 10times
>
> *            if* pBool is"false"*then* *exit* *repeat*
>
> *                set*thebackgroundcolorofgrc"start"to"158,58,77"
>
> *                wait*1secondswithmessages
>
> *                set*thebackgroundcolorofgrc"start"to"220,220,220"
>
> *        end* *repeat*
>
> *end* *if*
>
> *    set*thebackgroundcolorofgrc"start"to"220,220,220"
>
> *end*blinkStart
>
>
> # to color does not change.
>
>
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