Preserved Topic: Can anyone tell me why my sliding script is so damn slow! (Page 1 of 1)

Hi everybody,
I'm working on a general sliding script that allows you to specify any layer, it's destination coordinates and the speed, and then the layer slides to this point. To finish that, I worked around with the following function to handle the horizontal movement. But this function below is very slooooooooow.
Can anybody help or even give me some reference to sliding scripts where I can learn a bit?

my end function has to be look like that

slide (slidediv,xslide,yslide,slidespeed) {blahblah}
If anybody knows a similar function, please tell me!!!


n = (document.layers) ? 1:0
ie = (document.all) ? 1:0

var id2;
function slidein () {
if (ie) {
if (document.all.displaywin.style.pixelTop<120) { document.all.displaywin.style.pixelTop += 1; }
else if (document.all.displaywin.style.pixelTop>120) { document.all.displaywin.style.pixelTop -= 1; }
window.clearTimeout(id2);
id2 = window.setTimeout("slidein()",1);
}
if (n) {
if (document.layers["displaywin"].top<120) { document.layers["displaywin"].top += 1; }
else if (document.layers["displaywin"].top>120) { document.layers["displaywin"].top -= 1; }
window.clearTimeout(id2);
id2 = window.setTimeout("slidein()",1);
}
}


cya bussman

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Yes, setTimeout() does the action once and then stops automatically; you rarely need to clear it unless you want it to stop *before* it carries out its action. setInterval() works differently; it keeps calling the action until it is canceled.

You may also want to predeclare document.all.displaywin.style and document.layers["displaywin"] in some sort of onload function.

Thanks folks for your advise!
You are right when you say that my layer is complex cos it uses the alpha transparency effect in IE.
Thanks a lot for your help!

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