Run a new separate program just for the credits and make sure it is placed on the screen exactly where you want it to be.
A possible future feature Benoit, The Tools include many things like Listbox, etc. Can there be something that is a container just for an already compiled Gambas program....??? -Fernando ---------- Original Message ----------- From: M0E Lnx <m0e....@gmail.com> To: mailing list for gambas users <gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:50:29 -0500 Subject: [Gambas-user] Smooth Scrolling (not happening) > Hi all, > > Some of you may have seen my project... a GUI installer for VectorLinux. > I've gotten the functionality parts to work, and it's all good. I do > have one annoyance that I can't shake and this is where I need help. > > While packages are being installed, I have a scrollview that scrolls > through the credits of all the people making the distro possible. Sort > of like movie credits. > The names come from a text file, and each name is turned into a > textlabel inside the scrollview. A timer object automatically handles > the scrolling (set to 25-50). > > The problem is that I need this to sroll while a bunch of shell > commands run in the background. > These shell commands being executed are really packages being > installed, so depending on the size of the package, the system may > take longer to free up the process object. > > The timer object lags while the shell process is running in the > background, so the scrolling is not smooth at all. > The timer object and its event are not at all related to the function > that runs the shell processes. It resides on a separate function on a > separate module. > > Any one have any pointers I could follow? > > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user ------- End of Original Message ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
