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From: martin@m2.csc.ti.com (Steven Martin)
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Subject: Re: lockmouse in supercard?
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Date: 29 Mar 90 15:09:48 GMT
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In article <2212.2610f65d@cc.helsinki.fi> harmo@cc.helsinki.fi (Timo Harmo, Fac. of Soc.Sci, U of Helsinki) writes:
>Is there some way of preventing Supercard from sending mouse-messages during
>those endless waiting times when it is moving from one card to another.
>
>I want all the closecard, opencard etc. messages sent normally, but not the
>mouseups and downs that the user makes in desparation (I understoond that 
>"set lockmessages.."  does exactly the opposite from what I want). 
>A command to purge the recent unhandled messages would do also.

I think that what you really need to do is figure out why the user is
clicking in desparation and avoid that scenario.  It can be as simple
as changing the cursor to a watch so that the user knows that
something is going on.

Maybe just setting the cursor to watch on closecard would do it for
you.

As far as purching recent unhandles messages, I think that "wait until
the mouse is up" will do what you want, but just for mouse clicks.

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