just remember to put a flag to say when the data are loaded ! 2010/4/13 richard terry <rte...@pacific.net.au>: > On Tuesday 13 April 2010 20:50:26 Doriano Blengino wrote: > > Thanks doriano, that worked a treat, looks much better, will try with some > other forms which have the same problem. > > >> richard terry ha scritto: >> > Often with forms one wants to start some processing after the form has >> > loaded - in my case, as my app is quite database intensive, it could >> > involve loading sometimes quite large amounts of data. >> > >> > I'd ideally like to have the form load visually, and then the data >> > loading to take place once the form is visible to the user, but if one >> > includes this loading in the usual events of _new, show() , then the >> > gui-dosn't appear until after the database loading and putting a Wait >> > command before the processing starts dosn't seem to help. >> > >> > Any idea's how to put this sort of activity into the background so the >> > gui appears instantly to the user. >> >> I found that a good solution is to use a timer: any short delay is good >> (50 ms?). You activate the timer in the show() event and, in the timer >> event, you disable it and proceed with the lenghty operations. >> >> Regards, >> Doriano >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >
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