[MWForum]RE: ANNOUNCE panel vs textbox

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Many thanks Wendy, It certainly IS much more interesting than the
Announce message panel!   Graham





-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Petti [mailto:wpetti@mathcats.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, 3 September 2003 9:35 AM
To: mwforum@lists.mathcats.com
Subject: [MWForum]RE: ANNOUNCE panel vs textbox


I do not think the announce box can be closed under program control. But
I'd like to suggest that if you demonstrate a way for textboxes to be
cute and fun then your students might gravitate toward them instead of
toward announce boxes.  I attach a sample project called
"thought_bubble" in which, when two flying creatures bump into each
other, a random "thought" written in a random color appears briefly
inside of a thought bubble right over the creature's heads.  I think
that's much more interesting than an announcement!

Wendy Petti
OWL's MicroWorlds in Action
http://mia.openworldlearning.org
Math Cats
http://www.mathcats.com


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GrahamWilliams@caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:42 PM
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Subject: [MWForum]Timing the closing of an ANNOUNCE panel message??


Hi folks,
           I'm wondering if it's possible to control - from within a
procedure - the closing of a message in an ANNOUNCE panel.   My kids
are writing fairy-tales and when various turtles/characters touch each
other messages appear in the ANNOUNCE panels ( by using  the  announce
Command ). The 'problem' is that the kids want the message to appear for
only a short time and for the action to then resume - without the user
having to click on the 'OK' or the "Stop' in the announce panel. I've
suggested they use textboxes and make these 'show' and hide but some
want to use the announce message panels.  Does anyone have any
ideas.  Many thanks   . Graham Williams  Melbourne Australia