Update screen during lengthy process

[Phil Davis]

You might look at either (1) breaking your long process into a series of smaller 
handlers executed one after the other by "send <nextHandlerName> to me in 6 
ticks" at the end of each one; or (2) put some "wait 6 ticks with messages" 
statements at various places in your long handler.

I usually do (1) instead of (2) if I can. I believe either approach will allow 
some interaction during the process - but it still may not give you what you want.

Phil


On 1/11/11 5:42 PM, tkuypers at telenet.be wrote:
> Hi gang...
>
> I've created a hot-folder based app, that executes a few scripts when a file if dropped into a specific folder.
> But these scripts can take up to 4 minutes to end and during that period LiveCode is locked.
>
> I'm using a send command to watch the folder every few seconds, is a file is found then it is processed, but I want to show some kind of progress on screen to show the app is working.
>
> I've tried firing off a second event, to show a counter, but that doesn't do anything.
> And of course clicking on the "Stop Processing" button doesn't work as well :-(
>
> Any suggestions on how to show a progress, and how to make the "Stop" button to work during the execution of an applescript?
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Ton Kuypers
>
>
>
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