When you say delay the call to the method, do you mean set a timer to a small time period (say 500 milliseconds) after which it will call the "createStudentDataXMLFile" function?
I definitely must be missing something fundamental here as seems a really long winded way to get some text to update as soon as I set its value? Would binding the text to a variable make it update any quicker? From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf Bokelberg Sent: 05 August 2008 09:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM]Re: [flexcoders] Delay before text is updated Another option is to delay the call to the method, which does the main work. Cheers Ralf. On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Josh McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dznuts%40gmail.com> > wrote: > What does your method do? > > Most changes made to most components (such as changing the text property) > won't be reflected on-screen until the next ENTER_FRAME is dispatched by the > player due to the way Flex works internally. If your method is simply some > gigantic or slow loop, you won't see anything until it's done- and you > should probably split it apart and schedule it in pieces :) > > -Josh > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Paul Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:paul_steven%40btinternet.com> > > wrote: >> >> Probably something really basic, but I am having trouble with delays >> updating some text on screen. >> >> >> >> Basically I want to display a message on screen to tell the user to wait >> whilst a save operation takes place and after the save operation change the >> text message back to blank. However I am not seeing this update. Here is the >> code >> >> >> >> savingMessage.text = "Saving. Please wait..."; >> >> >> >> _dataManager.createStudentDataXMLFile(); >> >> >> >> savingMessage.text = ""; >> >> >> >> >> >> Please note the createStudentDataXMLFile function takes about 10 seconds >> to complete so in theory the "Saving. Please wait..." message should appear >> for this time. If I put an alert in before the calling of the >> "createStudentDataXMLFile" function, then the text updates correctly. >> >> >> >> I have also experienced similar problems trying to get a "busy cursor to >> appear" using the cursor manager and a call such as >> CursorManager.setBusyCursor(); >> >> >> >> Again, the problem here is the cursor is not updating as soon as I call >> the function. >> >> >> >> Anyone any ideas why these things are not updating on screen immediately? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> p.s I am using Flex Builder and packaging in Zinc 2.5 > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com> >
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