I find to get the spinner to rotate you need to add a wait with messages statement into loops somewhere.
wait 0 seconds with messages Give it a try and see if that gets it spinning. - Bob Hall > On Dec 20, 2022, at 7:27 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Try 'without messages'. > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 13:26 jbv via use-livecode, < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hi list, >> I have a script that modifies line by line the color >> and textstyle of some words in a field that can be up >> to 500 lines long. >> I am using "lock screen" to speed up things. >> But at the same time I have a spinning animated gif >> to tell end users to wait until the modification is >> done. >> The problem is that "lock screen" freezes everything >> and the gif stops spinning. >> Is there a workaround for using "lock screen" and an >> animated gif simultaneously ? >> >> Thank you in advance. >> jbv >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode