hiding/showing a browser

[roddy]

Hello,

I created my browser in the card script:

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local sBrowserId

on preOpenCard
   hide fld "galleryText"
   hide group "panoramaButton"
   show group "browser"
   show group "galleryInfoButton"
   
       if the environment is not "mobile" then
              exit preOpenCard
       end if
   
       mobileControlCreate "Browser"
       put the result into sBrowserId
   
   local tURL
   put ("file:" & specialFolderPath("engine") & "/assets/pano/dream/dream.html") into tURL
   replace space with "%20" in tURL
   
       mobileControlSet sBrowserId, "rect", the rect of group "Browser"
       mobileControlSet sBrowserId, "visible", "true"
       mobileControlSet sBrowserId, "autofit", "true"
       mobileControlSet sBrowserId, "url", tURL
end preOpenCard

on closeCard
    if the environment is not "mobile" then
        exit closeCard
    end if

    mobileControlDelete sBrowserId
end closeCard

And a button to hide it and show some text in it's place:

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on mouseUp
   lock screen for visual effect
   show fld "galleryText"
   hide group "browser"
   hide group "galleryInfoButton"
   show group "panoramaButton"
   unlock screen with visual effect dissolve
end mouseUp

The browser goes away but then immediately comes back in front of my text field...

[Simon]

The browser object sits on to of everything else.
All the time.

You might be able to get a substack to show up on top of it.

Try putting that "mobileControlDelete sBrowserId" into the mouseUp.

Simon

[roddy]

I get the error: (Handler: can't find handler)

[Simon]

Change sBrowserId to a global and in the button add

global sBrowserId
on mouseUp
mobileControlDelete sBrowserId
blah
blah

Simon

[roddy]

Thanks, I will look at that.

In the meantime, I'm feeling pretty brilliant (just for a moment).

I put in the button:

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on mouseUp
   goKillBrowser
end mouseUp

And back on the card script:

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on goKillBrowser
    if the environment is not "mobile" then
        exit goKillBrowser
    end if
    mobileControlDelete sBrowserId
end goKillBrowser

Hey, I actually figured something out! Thanks again for your help!

[Dixie]

You don't have to delete it... You can just make it invisible until you need it again

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   mobileControlSet browserID, "visible", false

[roddy]

You don't have to delete it... You can just make it invisible until you need it again

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   mobileControlSet browserID, "visible", false

I couldn't get that to work in my button script. I kept getting a Missing Handler error...