RE: stopping track time & More pages or separate projects

["Alain Tougas" <alain@xxxxxxx>]

Hello there,

About stopping time:
Try this (haven't tried it - it's just a thought)
In your SETUP procedure, use LAUNCH [TRACK.TIME] instead of just TRACK.TIME
In your CHECK procedures, use CANCEL. EX:

to right_check
CANCEL [TRACK.TIME]
t1,
ifelse (and shape > 0 shape < 8) [disappear] [error]
LAUNCH [TRACK.TIME]
end

Note that the input for CANCEL must be exactly the same as the one you used
for LAUNCH.

About duplicate pages:
Given the relatively small number of objects per page, I would consider
duplicating pages. You can have up to 150 objects per page, up to 50 pages.
Of course, if you work up to these limits, you will feel the computer's
pain. But 6 pages or so and 30 turtles or so should be OK. If you choose to
use several projects, put them all in the same folder and use the primitive
GETPROJECT.

If you choose to do multi-pages, work on your formatting to make debugging
easier. Any text that is NOT inside a procedure (between TO and END) is
considered to be a COMMENT. Ex:

THESE PROCEDURES ARE COMMON TO ALL PAGES

to foo
fdlks
fdsafds
fdsafds
end

to bar
dsfa
fdsafsad
fadsfa
end

THESE PROCEDURES ARE FOR THE PAGE "ANGLE"

to foobar
fdsa
fads
afdse
end

etc.


Ciao,

Alain
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[mailto:mwforum-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Boyd, Ronald
Sent: May 15, 2007 10:20 AM
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Subject: stopping track time & More pages or separate projects


Attached is the almost ready project thanks for the help so far. One more
question for this page. I noticed that the time continues when the user is
asked for their name and so the final posted time is different than the one
stated in the announcement. Stopping time is not a possibility (or we would
all be our ideal age) so I was trying to freeze the text box, which is what
is there now only it brings up an error ofcourse....the other option is
stopping a specific process. I couldn't find anything on that..Which is
best? Ideas please.
Second, Once the above is resolved one way or another for me I am on for
duplicating the page and modifying it for practicing other geometry things.
So the question is this: Is it better to add pages or have separate projects
and direct your user to the projects?
I have usually added pages. However this makes the project procedures area
very long. As I modify existing procedures so that it works for a specific
page only. With six pages planned that will be quite long. I have done this
with games that have different levels but I am still not convinced that this
is the best way.
Having separate projects seems simpler. I just need advice on how to point a
user to another project so that it will work where ever I put it. (probably
put them all in a folder....)
Ronald  Boyd
GT Coordinator/Technology Integration Specialist
Rosemount Elementary
651-423-7690
ronald.boyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx