Hmm ... flash is single threaded? How do the asynchronous events and event_listeners work in a single thread? Is there something like interrupts?
...paul On 10/1/07, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because Flash is a single-threaded runtime, freezing is a bad thing, > you can't interact with the app at all, and eventually you'll get an timeout > error. Your users will be frustrated that they can't cancel or navigate > elsewhere in your app. > > > > When will it be ok to show those popups? You want to include that > functionality in your observeValue callback. You can use callLater to have > your callback called repeatedly until the criteria becomes true, but > hopefully there's some other event that you can wait for instead. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:07 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Freeze Flex Application > > > > the main problem I am having right now is that I have some popups that get > created using the ObserveValue tags. I would like to be able to prevent > these popups, but the problem is that once the values come back from > DataServices in the background, they are being called via the ObserveValue > binding... > > > > - kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > > > > > > Therer is no one api. What do you want to prevent? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:28 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Freeze Flex Application > > > > Is there a way to freeze a flex application so that nothing can be > executed both from a UI perspective and behind the scenes? I can > create a modal Alert or PopUp to block user input, but I notice that > code still get's executed behind the scenes and thus anything already > initiated will get completed. I would like to be able halt all > processes if possible. > > - Kevin > > > > > > > > >
