3.5 Megabytes. Very small. I will send you the stack and the standalone direct. The prompt is in Belgium type. I hope you have that. If not it will revert to default I guess.
Bob On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:57 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > one way to achieve multi-tasking. Actually brilliant. What is the size of > that little sucker? > > On 14 December 2011 15:49, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > >> Well some may have missed it, but I was saying that I created a >> standalone, and all it does is display a window that has no title bar, with >> a message and a spinning gif. I use it when I am opening an app that uses >> SQL to give the user something to look at while the connection is made and >> everything is set up. Someone who is adventurous and good at setting up >> communication between two Livecode apps could easily find a way to change >> the message and set the location you want it to show up in, among other >> things, making it a cheap but effective little "Wait..." dialog. >> >> I launch it by putting together a simple Applescript command in my startup >> stack that tells the :Spinner" application to activate. When I am done with >> it, I tell the app to quit. It's actually kind of nice, except that of >> course, it's an app, and they can be quit or hidden. Since the typical time >> I need to wait is only a few seconds, it's not a problem. >> >> If I was any good at making a Livecode external, I would try, but alas, I >> know nothing of C. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:59 PM, stephen barncard wrote: >> >>> I would use them if they worked. These would be awesome little >> indicator >>> packages, if we don't overuse it like blinking in old web sites. Browsers >>> seem to do this with little cpu load. >>> Remember Imageready? >>> >>> On 14 December 2011 13:05, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Voted for it. Not too many people seem to be using this system though. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> On Dec 14, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >>>> >>>>> FWIW: >>>>> >>>>> Asynchronous GIF playback >>>>> <http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7600> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Richard Gaskin >>>>> Fourth World >>>>> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >>>>> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com >>>>> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
