{"identifier":75546,"topic":"Properties","name":"lockScreen","text":"<code> set <\/code>[<code>the<\/code>]<code> lockScreen to <i>trueOrFalse<\/i> <br><br>\n\n <\/code>The<code> lockScreen <\/code>property returns or sets whether HyperCard updates the screen when you go to another card. You can use<code> lockScreen <\/code>to prevent the user from seeing cards as a handler goes to them. <br><br>\n\n The default setting is false. HyperCard sets<code> lockScreen <\/code>to false on idle. <br>\n<br>\n Setting <code>lockScreen<\/code> to true speeds up scripts that go to cards momentarily before returning to the source card. (HyperCard runs faster when it doesn't have to redraw the screen.) <br>\n","related":{"38981":"go","40922":"lock","75037":"lockMessages","75404":"lockRecent","50046":"unlock"},"examples":"set the lockScreen to true","demo":"","debug":{"9":["\rset [the] lockScree"],"10":["\rSetting lockScreen "]}}