On Tuesday 13 April 2010 20:50:26 Doriano Blengino wrote: Thanks doriano, that worked a treat, looks much better, will try with some other forms which have the same problem.
> richard terry ha scritto: > > Often with forms one wants to start some processing after the form has > > loaded - in my case, as my app is quite database intensive, it could > > involve loading sometimes quite large amounts of data. > > > > I'd ideally like to have the form load visually, and then the data > > loading to take place once the form is visible to the user, but if one > > includes this loading in the usual events of _new, show() , then the > > gui-dosn't appear until after the database loading and putting a Wait > > command before the processing starts dosn't seem to help. > > > > Any idea's how to put this sort of activity into the background so the > > gui appears instantly to the user. > > I found that a good solution is to use a timer: any short delay is good > (50 ms?). You activate the timer in the show() event and, in the timer > event, you disable it and proceed with the lenghty operations. > > Regards, > Doriano > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user