Waiting for 'shell'

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Tue Nov 1 19:00:31 EDT 2011


On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Warren Samples wrote:

> On 11/01/2011 03:47 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>
>> I've done this on Mac and Windows, but I would expect it to work on Linux
>> too.
>>
>> ~Roger
>>
>
> Putting something like "show animated.gif > get shell("cp fileLocA
> fileLocB") in a button leaves the animated gif completely static during the
> copy operation. Interestingly, the gif is static the whole time - until the
> copy is finished - even if there is a wait before the get shell(). Perhaps
> you are doing something a little more involved/complicated to display the
> gif?
>
> Warren
>

Make sure your script does not use 'lock screen' before the animated gif is
shown. I don't have Linux handy at the moment to try, but I will.  Try just
a show and hide from the message box. Does the gif begin playing when
shown? Also how long does the cp operation take?  Be sure the file is large
enough to allow the gif time to play a few frames while the cp is going.

˜Roger



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