Switching from one projector to another

[Horus M. BRUTALIS]

Greetings

Situation:
Initially I have 2 independent projectors.
I launch one of them and on some frame it should close itself and open
another projector.

Problem faced:
When using simple script that opens another projector as an external program
(OPEN command) and then quits the first projector (QUIT command) a script
error occurs.
When doing the same thing in authoring environment - NP!

Task:
How to implement it?


Any essential help greatly appreciated

[Gretchen Macdowall]

In article <bjfand$oqe$1@forums.macromedia.com>, "Horus M. BRUTALIS"
<horus_brutalis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> When using simple script that opens another projector as an external program
> (OPEN command) and then quits the first projector (QUIT command) a script
> error occurs.

Both commands issue system calls. Lingo doesn't wait to get any result
from the system call so the quit, on some systems, can happen before the
open command has a chance to get all the info it needs. Since you don't
say what your error is, this may not be the prob, but you can try waiting
a few seconds in a frame loop between the open and quit:

property waitUntil

on beginSprite me
waitUntil = 0
end

on mouseUp me
waitUntil = (the ticks) + 180 -- 3 seconds
open the moviepath & "otherProjector.exe"
end

on exitFrame me
if waitUntil = 0 then exit
if (the ticks) >= waitUntil then
quit
end if
end

Gretchen Macdowall
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