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Title: Flash
Post by: Whiterhino on March 07, 2016, 03:35:55 PM
Is there a way to get any part of the information in the tournament screen to blink or flash?
Title: Re: Flash
Post by: Corey Cooper on March 08, 2016, 09:44:31 AM
You can always use the old <marquee> tag.  You can also make the whole screen flash when an event is triggered.  It's one of the event Actions.
Title: Re: Flash
Post by: Whiterhino on March 31, 2016, 03:39:46 AM
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand, I've used the marquee for scrolling but could you please give me an example perhaps of how to make the 'Buy-In' Flash or something similar in context. Thanks.
Title: Re: Flash
Post by: TIMMER on March 31, 2016, 04:46:34 PM
In the Cell Properties, Property Set, you need 3 (bottom - Default ) (middle - Even Rounds ) (top - Blink)
Set your Content to all 3
In the Property Set of the Blink, click, Conditions click, Type, Condition use.    time % 2 = 0     
you may have to set your fonts to transparent in the Blink

Title: Re: Flash
Post by: Corey Cooper on March 31, 2016, 05:34:16 PM
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand, I've used the marquee for scrolling but could you please give me an example perhaps of how to make the 'Buy-In' Flash or something similar in context. Thanks.

Whoops, I think I meant the <blink> HTML tag.  It's deprecated but still works.

If you want a cell to flash, you could create a new Property Set with, say, inverse coloring.  Then edit the Conditions and set them to something like:

time % 4 < 2

Move the new Property Set to the top of the list.  This will make it use the Default property set for 2 seconds, then switch to the inverse color property set for 2 seconds, etc.  Of course, if there are other property sets, such as one for Even Rounds, Breaks, etc, it gets more complicated.