Bob's technique actually works well on Windows because stacks without titlebars don't show up in the task bar.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 1/18/13 11:20 AM, "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >I need Windows as well as Mac. Also, doesn't the Mac menu bar for the >standalone show up? >Pete >lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > >On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> wrote: > >> If you only want it for a progress dialog, I built a standalone with an >> animated gif, and some commands and functions to respond to Applescript >> commands. With these I was able to show, hide, launch, quit, set the >> message and resize the dialog. The stack window was set to be a system >> window, so it floated above everything else. It really works a peach! >>Very >> little delay in launching, so you could launch and quit each time you >> needed it. Only thing is, it shows up in the dock! It would be nice if >> there were some kind of option to prevent a standalone from appearing in >> the dock. >> >> I never attempted to get it to function similarly in Windows, as I do >>not >> know how to make a Windows app capable of responding to external >>commands. >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Jan 18, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> >> > And I was just about to download them! >> > >> > I know this topic comes up from time to time but is there any >>likelihood >> > that LC will ever support animated gifs during blocking operations? >> > >> > Pete >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
