newbie--event help
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| Hi, Im trying to have a countdown timer, counting from one hour to zero seconds. The problem is, when i go to the file menu of my app, the timer stops. Is there a way to allow the timer to continue if a user is going through the menu system? Here is my code: id = WaitEvent (0) Select id Case $1001 ;menu event Select EventData() Case menuNew: checkTimer() setTimer() Case menuExit: checkTimer() quit() Case menuTimerOn CheckMenu (timerOn) UncheckMenu (timerOff) UpdateWindowMenu mainWindow showTime = True Case menuTimerOff UncheckMenu (timerOn) CheckMenu (timerOff) UpdateWindowMenu mainWindow showTime = False Default: checkTimer() Return End Select Case $803 ; close window quit() Default checkTimer() End Select |
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| Well, the way BlitzPlus works is that it stops processing events when you perform a modal action, such as accessing the menu, moving/resizing the window, or moving a slider. It is kind of annoying unless you figure out a good way to deal with it. What you might do is catch the event $2004 (Modal Begin), take a snapshot of Millisecs(), and then catch event $2005 (Modal End), figure out the difference, and continue from there. I'm not sure if there's a better way to deal with it. |
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