You can try also this,
frm = FrmInitForm(WaitForm);
FrmSetActiveForm(frm);
FrmDrawForm(frm);
while (foo){
do something....
}
FrmReturnToForm(0);
It works for me. Just remember to check the (save behind)
Hope it helps
Pablo Valle
"Dave Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> In case it helps, I use the following two routines to do a similar
> thing (popup a "Please Wait" form during lengthy operations), and
> have had no trouble with them...
>
> void PopupWaitForm( void )
> {
> FormPtr waitFormP = FrmInitForm( WaitForm );
> RectangleType waitBounds;
> FrmGetFormBounds( waitFormP, &waitBounds );
> WinEraseRectangle( &waitBounds, 0 );
> FrmDrawForm( waitFormP );
> }
>
> void TakeDownWaitForm( void )
> {
> FormPtr waitFormP = FrmGetFormPtr( WaitForm );
> FrmEraseForm( waitFormP );
> FrmDeleteForm( waitFormP );
> FrmUpdateForm( FrmGetActiveFormID(), 0 );
> }
>
> I also only use this within a single routine: no event traffic while it's
up.
>
> Dave Johnson
>
>
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