Razzak, I am glad someone asked this question because I have that "Not responding" show up quite often in some choices. I will attempt to use this to see If I can get rid of these annoying messages.
James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 [cid:image001.jpg@01CD8CE2.FB048F50] From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:35 AM To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - NOT RESPONDING Hi Claudine, Here is a very simple example to illustrate the use of GAUGE, NO_FOCUS, and PROCESSMESSAGE. -- Example 01 -- Start here ... CLS PAUSE 3 USING 'Collecting data ... this will take a few seconds ...' + CAPTION 'Using Pause with Guage' ICON WINDOWS + OPTION BACK_COLOR WHITE + |MESSAGE_FONT_NAME Tahoma + |MESSAGE_FONT_COLOR NAVY + |MESSAGE_FONT_SIZE 12 + |GAUGE_VISIBLE ON + |GAUGE_COLOR GRAY + |GAUGE_INTERVAL 10 + |NO_FOCUS SET VAR vCounter INTEGER = 1 WHILE vCounter < 250000 THEN SET VAR vCounter = (.vCounter + 1) ProcessMessage ENDWHILE CLEAR VARIABLE vCounter CLS RETURN -- End here ... Just copy and paste the example -- Start here ... -- End here and then RUN the file. That should provide you with a basic concept of the entire process. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Very Best R:egards, Razzak At 12:50 AM 10/4/2018, Claudine Robbins wrote: >Hello Razzak, > >Thanks for the primer on PROCESSMESSAGE. Your explanation should be >added to the R:BASE X help :-) > >A sample showing the placement of the EEP code within the pau 3 >block would be great. > >Thank you so much, > >Claudine > >-----Original Message----- >From: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> >[mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com] On >Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 9:11 PM >To: rbase-l@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com> >Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - NOT RESPONDING > >Hi Claudine, > >That is a very common symptom when performing long running >time-consuming routines. > >There are a few techniques to improve such performance. > >01. Use of PROCESSMESSAGE command in WHILE ... ENDWHILE loop. > >While process a time-consuming routine and displaying the PAUSE 3 >message with GAUGE, you also implement the the use of PROCESSMESSAGE >command that processes messages that are currently in the windows >message queue. >The PROCESSMESSAGE can help in the GUI part to avoid the "Not >responding" behavior in Windows operating systems. A common use of >PROCESSMESSAGE is in long WHILE loops. > >PROCESSMESSAGE may be called in each loop iteration to give the GUI >time to process the pending Windows messages. For a loop that only >does data processing, PROCESSMESSAGE can also be used. It is advised >to disable GUI update settings like UINOTIF before entering the loop >with PROCESSMESSAGE, to counter some side-effects of PROCESSMESSAGE. > >It is also important to not overuse PROCESSMESSAGE. Use the command >only in places where it is necessary for the GUI to "breath" during a >long running task. > >02. Use of NO_FOCUS option in PAUSE 3 and PAUSE 4 Commands > >NO_FOCUS option specifies the pause will not be focused when >displayed, which can be used to possibly prevent an interruption in >the focus transition in an active form. > >For further details and sample examples, please refer to HELP >PROCESSMESSAGE and HELP PAUSE options. > >Please feel free to reach out to me if you need any examples to >illustrate the use of such techniques. > >Hope it helps! > >Very Best R:egards, > >Razzak > > >At 09:39 PM 10/3/2018, Claudine Robbins wrote: > > >I've meant to ask about this for quite some time. When there is a > >somewhat lengthy process, "Not Responding" will occasionally pop up > >at the top of the screen. Users often click on the x to exit the > >screen but the process is really still working and just waiting will > >let it complete. > > > >What causes this and can it be avoided? > > > >TIA, > > > >Claudine > > > > >-- >For group guidelines, visit >http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "RBASE-L" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to >rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >For group guidelines, visit >http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "RBASE-L" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to >rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. 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