You seem to be right. I thought it starts the throbbing, as this is sometimes is not shown. Perhaps I got confused due to the fact that updating sometimes not works. Tickling the runloop does not seem to be sufficient in all cases.
Christiaan On 19 Dec 2007, at 6:40 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > What do the Tiger docs say? On 10.5 I have > > startAnimation: > This action method starts the animation of an indeterminate > progress indicator, which causes the barber pole to start spinning. > > - (void)startAnimation:(id)sender > > Parameters > sender > The object sending the message. > > Discussion > Does nothing for a determinate progress indicator. > > Availability > Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later. > > > On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 09:06AM, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Revision: 11974 >> http://bibdesk.svn.sourceforge.net/bibdesk/? >> rev=11974&view=rev >> Author: hofman >> Date: 2007-12-19 09:06:04 -0800 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) >> >> Log Message: >> ----------- >> Animation does have an effect on determinate progress bars. >> >> Modified Paths: >> -------------- >> trunk/bibdesk/BDSKFileMigrationController.m >> >> Modified: trunk/bibdesk/BDSKFileMigrationController.m >> =================================================================== >> --- trunk/bibdesk/BDSKFileMigrationController.m 2007-12-19 >> 16:54:56 UTC (rev 11973) >> +++ trunk/bibdesk/BDSKFileMigrationController.m 2007-12-19 >> 17:06:04 UTC (rev 11974) >> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ >> >> [progressBar setDoubleValue:0.0]; >> [progressBar setHidden:NO]; >> + [progressBar startAnimation:self]; >> [migrateButton setEnabled:NO]; >> >> int current = 0, final = [pubs count]; >> @@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ >> } >> >> [progressBar setHidden:YES]; >> + [progressBar stopAnimation:self]; >> [migrateButton setEnabled:YES]; >> >> NSString *messageFormat = nil; >> >> >> This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development >> platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services >> for just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/ >> marketplace >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-commit mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-commit >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/ > marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop