Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-04 Thread Alan Fregtman
logging, because I gain at least double speed. Now the user who should run >>> the script will have no clue if XSI is running or hung. >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:sof

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-04 Thread Sergio Mucino
ce UI update. Use it with caution though as it will slow you down. :/ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 2:02 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Progressbar i

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-04 Thread Alok Gandhi
; Rousseau > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 1:56 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Progressbar in scripting > > no, the problem is not that the ui is not redrawing. it's Windows' > desktop compositor that's graying out the window by drawing

RE: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
k.com Subject: Re: Progressbar in scripting no, the problem is not that the ui is not redrawing. it's Windows' desktop compositor that's graying out the window by drawing on top of it. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Jack Kao wrote: > You may also try sprinkle some Desktop.Redra

RE: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Jack Kao
I see. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:56 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Progressbar in scripting no, the problem is

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
; update. Use it with caution though as it will slow you down. :/ > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 2:02 AM > > > To: softimage@listproc.autodes

RE: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Jack Kao
04, 2013 2:02 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Progressbar in scripting Yes I agree with Luc-Eric, if you implement an increment in progress bar, even with the cancel button disabled, this should keep the freezing away. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Alok Gandhi
Yes I agree with Luc-Eric, if you implement an increment in progress bar, even with the cancel button disabled, this should keep the freezing away. On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: > This is not something that XSI does and calling Refresh will have no > effect. Windows

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
This is not something that XSI does and calling Refresh will have no effect. Windows starts to fade out applications that stop responding to messages after a few seconds, and then eventually will show a message saying the application has stopped responding (which is true, although it doesn't mean

RE: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread gareth bell
Do you see anything occurring in the command box at the bottom of xsi? Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 11:11:44 -0500 From: sergio.muc...@modusfx.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Progressbar in scripting I've seen this happen with quite a few tools and pro

Re: Progressbar in scripting

2013-12-03 Thread Sergio Mucino
I've seen this happen with quite a few tools and programs (Softimage is not the only one here). From what I understand, it's an application problem. What's going on is that the application in question (Softimage in this case) stops sending notifications to the OS (I presu