RE: FLASH: Flash 4 timing loop: Problem Solved

[John Dowdell]

At 1:47 PM 6/29/99, Harrison, Len wrote:

>> Loop While (True)

>>       Set Variable: "thisTime" = GetTimer

>>       If (startTime + interval  >=  thisTime)

>>             Load Movie ("Overview.swf", 0)

>>             FS Command ("loadMovie", "00Overview.swf")

>>       End If

>> End Loop



I couldn't visualize the question from the description, sorry, but the

above is a thing that I suspect we'll be seeing a *lot* of on this list in

the months to come... staying trapped in a repeat loop for a long time is a

good way to foul things, in many environments.


Loops are good for short fast processing, but if you're trying to have

things happen while not locking out other events (button presses, browser

responses, more) then it would be better to regularly repeat the event in a

repeating movie clip than to stay trapped within a tight repeat loop for

long periods.


(For related discussions, try searching the Director technotes with keyword

"repeat".)


jd






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