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From: hallettJ@gemed (Jeff Hallett x4-5163)
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Subject: Mouse action and Timers in Supercard questions
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Date: 12 Feb 90 15:53:07 GMT
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Hi folks - 

I am quite new to Supercard and might have missed these two answers in
the manual, but I really need some quick help:

1.   I need to be able  to read the  mouse cursor position.   Can I do
this QUICKLY?  Further, I know this is frowned upon,  but in this case
necessary - is there a way to alter the cursor motion  (e.g. constrain
the mouse motion to a vertical line only [ie throw out delta-x])?

2.  I would like to be able to  set a timer that  sends a message when
it goes off to a  specific object.   Is there a  way  to do this?   If
someone has X* code that I can use, great, but I'm not a sophisticated
enough Mac programmer to develop it myself in the time I have.

Thanks in advance for help - if you email me answers, I'll summarize.

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	     Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering
      GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414, Milwaukee, WI  53201
	    (414) 548-5163 : EMAIL -  hallettJ@gemed.ge.com
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