On Apr 25, 2007, at 23:51 UTC, Peter K. Stys wrote: > Point is, if you put it in a thread, the user can continue doing > other stuff, which is not what you may want before this job is done.
In such a case, you should display a modal dialog while the job is being done -- that's what they're for. For an Apple example, copy a big file. > If you put the thread in a modal dlog, as someone pointed out, the > thread may be halted, so no dice. I'm not sure what you're talking about there. A modal dialog running (or just displayed during) a thread works perfectly well, and indeed is the correct design for a long process that you want to finish before you let the user do other things. Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
