Good to know - it was the reference to Applescript that made me ask about WIndows. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]>wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >use-livecode mailing list > >[email protected] > >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >subscription preferences: > >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
