In my case a thread other than the UI thread will be closing the dialog ( or other object ), will this cause a problem?
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:35:37 pm Christopher Brind wrote: > I perhaps shouldn't have said 'when Pivot has finished' loading. :) > > So typically in the startup method you'll call window.open() to show the > UI, just after that open your modal dialog and then kick off your data > loading threads. Once your data loading threads have finished, close the > dialog. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Chris > > On 19 March 2010 09:12, Scott Lanham <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is a good idea but I don't know how to tell when Pivot has finished > > loading. > > > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:52:39 pm Christopher Brind wrote: > > > How about just before you start your data loading, after Pivot has > > > > loaded, > > > > > but before the user has chance to start clicking, popup a *modal dialog > > > *with just a progress indicator in it (and maybe a label which you > > > could use to show status messages). Then when your data loading has > > > finished, close the dialog programatically. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Chris > > > > > > On 19 March 2010 04:14, Scott Lanham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > > > It has been a while since I have asked a question on this list :-) > > > > > > > > When my application starts up it loads a heap of data into various > > > > components. > > > > This was fine for a while but now it is taking a long time and while > > > > the > > > > > > seconds tick away I just see a blank window. It looks like the > > > > program has hung which is not a good thing. > > > > > > > > I can offload the data loading into separate threads and all the > > > > components will > > > > appear quickly but I don't want the user to start trying to use those > > > > components until they are populated with data. > > > > > > > > Is there a way that I can have a progress indicator take over the > > > > screen > > > > > > (after the components have displayed) until my data loading threads > > > > have > > > > > > finished? > > > > > > > > Thanks heaps, > > > > > > > > Scott. >
