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From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Misc Easy HC Questions
Message-ID: <16194@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 90 16:53:06 GMT
References: <11792@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <10164@goofy.Apple.COM> <10179@goofy.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: mxmora@unix.UUCP (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <10179@goofy.Apple.COM> rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) writes:
>
>Just a friendly warning... the Apple Thought Police will getcha if you 
>break a basic rule about clicking: NEVER WAIT FOR THE SECOND CLICK. You 

>
>Instead, I'd suggest something like the following, placed in the script of 
>your stack. (Forgive any syntax errors, this is typed on the fly.)
>
>function isDoubleClick
>  global lastClickTime, lastClickItem
>  put the ticks into TM
>  if TM - lastClickTime < 20 and the id of the target is lastClickItem then
                           ^^ What?
stuff deleted

>
>Now, don't flame me about any of this - I don't work for the ATP. I just 
>don't like seeing people dragged screaming from their beds in the middle 
>of the night. :-) :-) :-)

ATP is going to come and revoke your programming license for using a hardcoded
number for the double click time interval. Hypercard already breaks enough
Human Interface rules without the help from crazy DTS engineers. :-)

Included is a XFCN that gets the correct double click time from the parameter
ram.


> 
>==========================================================================
>Rick Holzgrafe              |    {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh
>Software Engineer           | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1          rmh@apple.com
>Apple Computer, Inc.        |  "All opinions expressed are mine, and do
>20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 3-PK |    not necessarily represent those of my
>Cupertino, CA 95014         |        employer, Apple Computer Inc."

Boy, and you work at apple. :-)



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