there was also a script for an animated spinner that used 'send in time' to advance the frames. I'll try and find it if interested.
sqb On 14 December 2011 11:44, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Ohhh you are right. Well my Standalone idea works a peach, if you can > stand having a user see another app launch with only one menu, then > disappear without knowing why. I could make it more robust if I knew how to > pass information to a standalone created in Livecode. I think there are > some lessons on that. Time to read up a bit. > > Bob > > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:25 AM, stephen barncard wrote: > > > I think the animated gifs will stall while certain operations are > happening. > > > > On 14 December 2011 11:06, René Micout <rene.mic...@numericable.com> > wrote: > > > >> It is better than Spinner Store > >> :-( > >> > >> > >> Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:05, René Micout a écrit : > >> > >>> I have test it ! > >>> Choose a gif spinner > >>> Generate it > >>> Download it > >>> Import it as control in LiveCode > >>> And hide/show it > >>> I think it is great... > >>> > >>> Le 14 déc. 2011 à 20:01, René Micout a écrit : > >>> > >>>> Hello Bob, > >>>> You can use a gif, see here : > >>>> > >>>> http://www.ajaxload.info/ > >>>> > >>>> René > >>>> > >>>> Le 14 déc. 2011 à 19:15, Bob Sneidar a écrit : > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all. I know this has been discussed in length in the past, but I > >> cannot remember what the conclusion was. Does anyone have/know about an > >> independent progress bar/wheel that can be used with Livecode, that will > >> function independently even when Livecode is running a script? I know I > >> could kludge it myself if I had control over the scripts I am running, > but > >> I do not. > >>>>> > >>>>> One script is Trevor's sqlYoga which is locked, and also I am opening > >> an SQL database remotely, and it takes a few seconds sometimes to have > that > >> return control. What is needed is an addon dialog created in some > version > >> of C that we can call on to display a progress bar/spinner, but I am not > >> sure if anyone has made such a thing. > >>>>> > >>>>> Seems like a really good addition to Livecode, but I don't think we > >> are going to see something like that soon. > >>>>> > >>>>> Bob > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Stephen Barncard > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ 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