How about just using the form to show the progress of the operation and doing the compressing in the parent form. Thus just doint form.show and not showmodal and then updating the status of the progress form from the main process. I use it a lot with progress forms.
Riaan Stander -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainer von Saleski Sent: Saturday 10 September 2005 23:06 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: A form that runs when Shown, with no user action How do I go about having a form that "runs" (does something) when Shown, with no additional user action (beyond that which caused to form to be shown)? When I put my action code inside the OnShow event handler, the form does not actually display until the actions are complete. But I want to keep the user informed during the 60 seconds or so it takes to do the action (compress a bunch of files into a ZIP file and email it). This happens at the end of a chain of other events, and if I make the user press a "Run" button after the form is displayed, half the time the users forget to press it, and the backup files never get sent. There must be a simple answer ... Thanks, Rainer _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
