Thanks. Yes, I wasn't expecting to show dynamically-updating progress during the synchronous operation. Just wanted to pop up something (or change the cursor) before, and remove it after. I'll take a closer look at the AlivePDF docs.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:24 AM, ag_rcuren <robert.vancuren...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I am not fully sure how AlivePDF works because I have never used it but I > thought that it could be done asynchronously because I saw a complete event > in the documentation that reads: > "Dispatched when PDF has been generated and available. The save() method > generate this event" > > That to me says that it can be generated asynchronously but like I said I > really dont know. > > As far as showing progress during a synchronous call it is not possible. > This is because the synchronous call does not return until it is done and > thus the UI will never get a chance to update during the process. > > If you want to show something before that is possible. You could use a > timer or you may want to look at the callLater method of displayObject as > this will wait one frame before calling the method you want. This would > allow you to show say a pop up or something so they user could at least see > something. > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Richard > Rodseth <rrods...@...> wrote: > > > > What's a good way to display progress or a busy cursor for a potentially > > long-running, but synchronous operation (in my case generating a PDF > using > > AlivePDF) ? > > > > As noted here, CursorManager.setBusyCursor doesn't display the cursor > until > > there is no code running, and PopupManager seems to act similarly. > > > > Defer initiation of the operation using a timer? > > > > >
