ONLY sensible solution: Just use the 4D Progress Component! Everything else is just reinventing the wheel for nothing, an utter waste of time. Pass the process id variable to whatever process needs to update it and Bob's your uncle.
My 2 ct. (Euro cent that is, roughly 2.3 US cent) > Am 20.03.2019 um 12:47 schrieb Peter Mew via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>: > > Hi Jeremy > I start a new process <>NewProcess and open a window with a text variable, > vProgress, on a form. > When ever I want a new message displayed I Do > <>Message:= "Hello World"+char(13) > Call Process(New Process) > Then in the form method for New Process I do > IF(Form event = on outside call) > vProgress:=<>Message+vProgress > end if > New Messges are added at the top of the message list vProgress > cheers > -pm > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:15 AM Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >> v17. I’d not looked at the component; my memory is that it provides a >> progress bar, which isn’t really what I want (I have my own component to do >> that). I just want line-by-line text feedback, with each line remaining >> visible as new lines are added. >> >> Jeremy >> >> >>> On 20 Mar 2019, at 10:06, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech < >> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>> >>> What version. Can you use progress component >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:00 AM Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < >>> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I’d like to give feedback about the process of a multi-step task - >>>> something like >>>> >>>> Contacting server… >>>> Signing in… >>>> Getting obligations… >>>> Submitting data… >>>> Done. >>>> >>>> appearing one line at a time. >>>> >>>> Updating a text field in my process’s own window won’t work, as I don’t >>>> leave the process and no form events are received while the task is >> under >>>> way. Another process, with a global variable and CALL PROCESS(-1), >> perhaps? >>>> >>>> I’m sure this must have been done often before and I don’t want to >>>> re-invent the wheel. Any suggestions gratefully received. >>>> >>>> Jeremy >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>>> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >>>> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >> ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
