Lock Screen except...

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RossG
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Lock Screen except...

Post by RossG » Sun May 15, 2016 1:20 pm

Hmm...thought I posted this but can't find it.

Can I lock the screen but except a field so the
users can see that wonderful things are happening
by watching a counter?
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Re: Lock Screen except...

Post by richmond62 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:45 pm

Not really.

BUT (and the marvellous thing with Livecode is there is, almost, always a "BUT"), you could cheat,
and the best way to do this is with an example: so, one slightly silly example coming up:
Flock.png
This stack uses a masking image that is a snapshot of the whole stack set behind the field
{I have darkened it so that the effect IS visible so it is easier to understand].
Attachments
Fake Lock.livecode.zip
Here's the stack.
(22.3 KiB) Downloaded 180 times

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