Making a background timer

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Making a background timer

#1 Post by Glazed Donuts » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:00 am

Is it possible yet in 6.12 to make a timer running continuously in the background while you click around and do stuff?

So far in the earlier versions, I was able to make a timer, but it would immediately stop as soon as you click on something or the text box appears.
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Re: Making a background timer

#2 Post by PyTom » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:37 am

Yes. Put a timer in a screen, and show the screen. The timer will run as long as the screen is shown.
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Re: Making a background timer

#3 Post by Glazed Donuts » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:01 am

Can you put a screen on top of a screen and have them both shown/active at the same time? For example, 'layer 1 screen' is where the timer is and 'layer 2' screen is where the user interaction is.
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Re: Making a background timer

#4 Post by Anima » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:07 am

Yes, without problem. That is the default behaviour.
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