Everything is Flash is mostly single-threaded. You'll need to wait until after the window is visible to display start the encoding. Have you attempted using callLater() to start the encoding of the png a frame after the event is dispatched?
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Richard Rodseth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This message hasn't showed up yet. Awaiting moderation? Any ideas? > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Richard Rodseth <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I had a thread going here about how to show progress before a potentially >> long-running but synchronous operation (in my case encoding a DisplayObject >> as a PNG or JPEG to add to an AlivePDF PDF. >> >> Since I can't seem to force a busy cursor (ironic), one of the suggestions >> was to pop up a window before starting the encoding. But I've tried >> listening to creationComplete, render, show, addedToStage etc. etc., and in >> all cases the popup doesn't appear until the encoding is complete. >> >> I was unable to find any event dispatched by the PopupManager either. >> >> Help! >> >> >> >> > >
