Re: Independent Progress Bar

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Re: Independent Progress Bar

On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:14 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote: > If you want a modal progress bar that works independently (as in > non-blocking) then open the modal invisible first and increment your own bar > as required. > > Both will 'stall' if LC is performing a blocking and time-consuming > operatio

RE: Independent Progress Bar

If you mean an indeterminate progress indicator then yes, use an animated gif with the judicious use of repeatCount (-1 to start and 0 to stop). If you want a modal progress bar that works independently (as in non-blocking) then open the modal invisible first and increment your own bar as required

Re: Independent Progress Bar

So anyway, this is fairly simple to implement, I have it working, but I still have to use an Applescript command to tell it to launch. All other interactions can be done using send to program and trapping the apple event using on appleEvent. By setting the systemWindow of the stack to true befor

Re: Independent Progress Bar

3.5 Megabytes. Very small. I will send you the stack and the standalone direct. The prompt is in Belgium type. I hope you have that. If not it will revert to default I guess. Bob On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:57 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > one way to achieve multi-tasking. Actually brilliant. Wh

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If its apple only, can you use "send to program" to control your twirly stack? No mac here anymore so can't try it. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > one way to achieve multi-tasking. Actually brilliant. What is the size of > that litt

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one way to achieve multi-tasking. Actually brilliant. What is the size of that little sucker? On 14 December 2011 15:49, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Well some may have missed it, but I was saying that I created a > standalone, and all it does is display a window that has no title bar, with > a messag

Re: Independent Progress Bar

Well some may have missed it, but I was saying that I created a standalone, and all it does is display a window that has no title bar, with a message and a spinning gif. I use it when I am opening an app that uses SQL to give the user something to look at while the connection is made and everyth

Re: Independent Progress Bar

I would use them if they worked. These would be awesome little indicator packages, if we don't overuse it like blinking in old web sites. Browsers seem to do this with little cpu load. Remember Imageready? On 14 December 2011 13:05, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Voted for it. Not too many people seem t

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Voted for it. Not too many people seem to be using this system though. Bob On Dec 14, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > FWIW: > > Asynchronous GIF playback > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: ht

Re: Independent Progress Bar

FWIW: Asynchronous GIF playback -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog

Re: Independent Progress Bar

there was also a script for an animated spinner that used 'send in time' to advance the frames. I'll try and find it if interested. sqb On 14 December 2011 11:44, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Ohhh you are right. Well my Standalone idea works a peach, if you can > stand having a user see another app lau

Re: Independent Progress Bar

Ohhh you are right. Well my Standalone idea works a peach, if you can stand having a user see another app launch with only one menu, then disappear without knowing why. I could make it more robust if I knew how to pass information to a standalone created in Livecode. I think there are some lesso

Re: Independent Progress Bar

Better than my solution too! I created a standalone and used applescript to activate it. Now maybe I will use that site to create a Plugin for spinners. Bob On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:06 AM, René Micout wrote: > It is better than Spinner Store > :-( > > > Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:05, René Micout a

Re: Independent Progress Bar

Yes I think so but this is the case in Mac OS X (... sometimes...) Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:25, stephen barncard a écrit : > I think the animated gifs will stall while certain operations are happening. > > On 14 December 2011 11:06, René Micout wrote: > >> It is better than Spinner Store >> :-( >>

Re: Independent Progress Bar

I think the animated gifs will stall while certain operations are happening. On 14 December 2011 11:06, René Micout wrote: > It is better than Spinner Store > :-( > > > Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:05, René Micout a écrit : > > > I have test it ! > > Choose a gif spinner > > Generate it > > Download it

Re: Independent Progress Bar

It is better than Spinner Store :-( Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:05, René Micout a écrit : > I have test it ! > Choose a gif spinner > Generate it > Download it > Import it as control in LiveCode > And hide/show it > I think it is great... > > Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:01, René Micout a écrit : > >> Hello

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I have test it ! Choose a gif spinner Generate it Download it Import it as control in LiveCode And hide/show it I think it is great... Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:01, René Micout a écrit : > Hello Bob, > You can use a gif, see here : > > http://www.ajaxload.info/ > > René > > Le 14 déc. 2011 à 19:15,

Re: Independent Progress Bar

Hello Bob, You can use a gif, see here : http://www.ajaxload.info/ René Le 14 déc. 2011 à 19:15, Bob Sneidar a écrit : > Hi all. I know this has been discussed in length in the past, but I cannot > remember what the conclusion was. Does anyone have/know about an independent > progress bar/whe