Independent Progress Bar

[FlexibleLearning]

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.

Both will 'stall' if LC is performing a blocking and time-consuming
operation unless it is returning a trappable value (such as a 'bites
downloaded' callback) that you can use.

Hugh Senior
FLCo


Original message:

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/wheel that can be used with Livecode, that will function
independently even when Livecode is running a script? I know I could kludge
it myself if I had control over the scripts I am running, but I do not.

One script is Trevor's sqlYoga which is locked, and also I am opening an SQL
database remotely, and it takes a few seconds sometimes to have that return
control. What is needed is an addon dialog created in some version of C that
we can call on to display a progress bar/spinner, but I am not sure if
anyone has made such a thing.

Seems like a really good addition to Livecode, but I don't think we are
going to see something like that soon.

Bob