Hey Mr:>
I took your idea and twised it a little... That's what
twisted minds are for.. check this out.
CLEAR ALL VAR
*( The next two variables are all that are need to be set to run
and or abort the following procedure.
Set the variable vm_seccount to the amount of seconds you
want to run the pause 4 for, and if your processing get's
completed before your seconds are up the just set the
variable vm_abort to a value of 1 and it will drop out
of this loop )
SET VAR vm_seccount INTEGER = 20
SET VAR vm_abort INTEGER = 0
SET CAPTION ' '
SET VAR vm_starttime TIME
SET VAR vm_starttime = (.#TIME)
SET VAR vm_endtime TIME
SET VAR vm_endtime = (.vm_starttime + .vm_seccount)
SET VAR vm_timeplussec TIME
SET VAR vm_timeplussec = (.vm_starttime + 1)
SET VAR vm_msgnum INTEGER = 1
SET VAR vm_caption TEXT = 'J. Limburg PAUSE 4 Demo ...'
CLS
SET VAR vm_msg = 'Processing. Please wait ... '
PAUSE 3 USING .vm_msg CAPTION .vm_caption
SET VAR vm_adddots = '...'
SET VAR vm_dotcount INTEGER = 1
SET VAR vm_msg1 TEXT = NULL
SET VAR vm_cyclewatch INTEGER = 1
WHILE vm_starttime < .vm_endtime THEN
SET VAR vm_starttime = (.#TIME)
IF vm_starttime = .vm_timeplussec AND vm_abort <> 1 THEN
IF vm_cyclewatch > 5 THEN
SET VAR vm_msgnum = 1
PAUSE 4 USING 'Processing. Please wait ...' CAPTION .vm_caption
SET VAR vm_cyclewatch = 1
SET VAR vm_dotcount = 1
SET VAR vm_msg1 = NULL
ENDIF
WHILE vm_dotcount < .vm_msgnum THEN
SET VAR vm_msg1 = (.vm_msg1 + .vm_adddots)
SET VAR vm_dotcount = (.vm_dotcount + 1)
ENDWHILE
SET VAR vm_msg2user = (.vm_msg + .vm_msg1)
PAUSE 4 USING .vm_msg2user
SET VAR vm_cyclewatch = (.vm_cyclewatch + 1)
SET VAR vm_msgnum = (.vm_msgnum + 1)
SET VAR vm_timeplussec = (.vm_starttime + 1)
ENDIF
ENDWHILE
CLEAR ALL VAR
CLS -- Will clear the Pause 4 box from the screen.
RETURN
Hope some one finds it handy
Jim Limburg
--- "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> A new option of PAUSE 4 has been added in The Glorious R:BASE
> 2000 (ver 6.5++) for Windows.
>
> There are cases when you would like to display any message using
> PAUSE 3 command and continue processing things behind the scene.
> If you also have to display any progress notes, etc., without flicker,
> now you can use the option of PAUSE 4.
>
> The new PAUSE 4 works just like PAUSE 3 except than instead of
> painting a new dialog box with the message it will use the existing
> displayed PAUSE 3 box and just redo the message inside the box.
> This can be used to eliminate flicker for those times when you are
> using PAUSE 3 to display progress in an application.
>
> Example:
>
> -- LoopD.RMD To Demonstrate the Use of PAUSE 3 and PAUSE 4
>
> CLEAR ALL VAR
> SET CAPTION ' '
> SET VAR v1 TIME
> SET VAR v1 = (.#Time)
> SET VAR v2 TIME
> SET VAR v2 = (.v1 + 5)
> SET VAR v3 TIME
> SET VAR v3 = (.v1 + 1)
> SET VAR MsgNum INTEGER = 1
>
> CLS
> PAUSE 3 USING 'Wait for this to quit...' CAPTION 'Demo of New PAUSE 4
> Option ...'
>
> WHILE v1 < .v2 THEN
> SET VAR v1 = (.#time)
> IF v1 = .v3 THEN
> SWITCH (.MsgNum)
> CASE 1
> PAUSE 4 USING 'Hello'
> BREAK
> CASE 2
> PAUSE 4 USING 'Developers ...'
> BREAK
> CASE 3
> PAUSE 4 USING 'Check'
> BREAK
> CASE 4
> PAUSE 4 USING 'This'
> BREAK
> CASE 5
> PAUSE 4 USING 'Out ...'
> BREAK
> ENDSW
> SET VAR MsgNum = (.MsgNum + 1)
> SET VAR v3 = (.v1 + 1)
> ENDIF
> ENDWHILE
> CLEAR ALL VAR
> RETURN
>
> For more details and examples: http://www.RSyntax.com
>
> Enjoy and make sure to have fun!
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
> Razzak.
>
> At 11:59 AM 6/13/2002 -0500, Bob Thompson wrote:
>
> >I want to display a "count down" counter
> >on a form while the app is processing a
> >somewhat large data set. I have a push button
> >on the form that executes the program and
> >I want the form to display something like :
> > "Processing record# 20 of 10000"
> >
> >This app may take 1-2 minutes to completely
> >execute and this is feed back to the user.
> >
> >I have tried the SCREEN RESTORE, WRITE
> >and RECALC commands, but cannot get the
> >form to show updated variables until the procedure
> >has finished. (It is then a moot point of course!)
> > I do not want to use the FEEDBACK option as
> > I would like more control over what and
> >how the counter is displayed.
> >
> >You all have been very helpful and I appreciate
> >the assistance. Again, simply how do you
> >get a variable to redisplay at will on a form
> >while you are performing a WHILE LOOP or
> >DECLARE CURSOR ?
>
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