disabling sparkles on "touch"

I'm writing a script that pops up a panel. Whenever the user hits a button on the panel, the affected object gets a swirl of particles -- not something my script is doing. (This is the stuff whose color we can set in "Preferences -> Color for Effects".)

How can I make that go away for this script? My panel causes visible changes; the swirls distract and don't serve a useful purpose in this case.

Thanks!
Jeff

[edit -- I see it only happens when it prints something. Never mind!]

You cant. Any change of state (internal not script) or any communications triggers the effect.

I was curious about this very thing and ran into the same problem last month - apparently only the owner of the touched object sees the swirly sparks. When I touch other people's objects, such as vendors or doors and doorbells, I don't see the swirly sparks - when I asked a friend if they saw swirly sparks each time one of my devices spoke, they said no.

Thanks, and right, I find that only the owner sees it.

Plus, it doesn't always seem to happen. Getting rid of llOwnerSay() calls seemed to make a big difference, but I'm not sure that's really it.

Cheers
Jeff

I just found out that llInstantMessage(llGetOwner(), "bla bla" will remove the sparkles while llSay and llOwnerSay will show them.

HTH

Jim