I would add a label on the component saying please wait calculating data and when your calculation are done dynamically switch on the proper content (after removing the label)...
Instead of label you could use a progress bar showing how much time is left...or whatever pleases you :-) On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Suppose you used Time to delay about 5 seconds after > application.creatonComplete, then either set creationPolicy="all" or > manually call createChildren() on the desired views? > > > > Kind of half and half, where the app would display quickly, but begin > rendering "in the background" without user intervention. > > > > Tracy > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Hoff > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: viewStack is slow opening the first time > > > > > Hi Mark, > > This may be one case where you would want to use creationPolicy="all", > for the ViewStack. It will add more time to startup, but the user > experience may be better; once the application is loaded. > > -TH > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mark" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm building an app with 4 stacks in my viewStack with a wipe in and > > out effect. The Stacks are just different views of the data, a > > generic datagrid view, a bar chart view, and a couple others. The > > default datagrid view is fine but the others, such as the bar chart, > > needs to do some calculations before displaying that chart. Because > > these calculations are being done the first time you click the button > > it's slow in opening that view. Is there a way to display the "busy > > cursor", or maybe a way to do the calculations in the background > > before they change the view? > > > > I'm connecting to a web service then splitting out the data into a few > > different arrayCollections. Each view is a custom component that is > > bound to it's specified arrayCollection. > > Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],
