You can try to do that task in another thread. John On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Pierce Freeman <piercefreema...@comcast.net>wrote:
> Hi everyone: > > I am getting the beachball of death when I try to run an action that takes > over a few seconds to complete. Given, the beachball goes away after the > task is completed - But for lengthy tasks, why can't I just allow the user > to go along with their work instead of having them wait with the beachball? > Would this be a problem with memory management, or something else entirely? > > > Sincerely, > > Pierce Freeman > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/johnchen202%40gmail.com > > This email sent to johnchen...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com