On 11 April 2012 04:36, <jcup...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 April 2012 18:33, James Tappin <jtap...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately in this case it doesn't help. (I > > have also tried gdk_display_flush and gdk_window_flush, but still the > same > > story). > > Here's a tiny test program that works for me with gtk2. It just uses: > > gdk_window_set_cursor( win->window, busy_cursor ); > gdk_flush(); > > J > > > That program works, as does a translation into Fortran. But I'm still not having any joy with my display monitor. Maybe the only convenient fix is to show a window with a message "Reading database" during the read and then create the monitor afterwards.
To Igor: I thought that a progress bar in activity mode had to be prodded to show the animation, which is not possible while I'm doing the read. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
