Why not a popup with a progressBar? If there's nothing to report progress on, you can just use a Timer to increment the progress bar and have the event listener handler get rid of the popup when whatever you're doing is finished. ~randy
_____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Harui Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:58 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: Loading mask or overlay for datagrids while loading How about using PopUpManager to popup something over the datagrid? _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brey_magenta Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Loading mask or overlay for datagrids while loading Well, for example, using a mask? I know you can put a 'mask' over any visible object but I don't know how to make a mask which shows a animated loading swf/image. --- In HYPERLINK "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are so many options, I don't know where to start. You can use > masks, overlays, popups, effects, transitions. > > > > ____________-_________-_________-__ > > From: HYPERLINK "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of brey_magenta > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:50 PM > To: HYPERLINK "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [flexcoders] Loading mask or overlay for datagrids while > loading > > > > I've been wondering how to show a nice loading animation while a > datagrid or other component is loading and fading it out when it's > done loading. > > I've been looking everywhere for a nice solution but I haven't found a > decent one so far. Is there an easy way? By using a mask or something? > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1187 - Release Date: 12/16/2007 11:36 AM
