Correction: I set the systemWindow property to true. Bob S
> On Sep 24, 2018, at 14:25 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Unless something changed, the built in spinner uses the single threaded > engine, so any processing done by the engine will halt the spinner, thereby > making the spinner just the other side of worthless for anything but > non-blocking operations. > > What I did was I wrote a standalone that could receive messages (I used > AppletaLk, but you could also use sockets) and then launched the app when the > splash screen launched. I then sent text messages that would be displayed in > a text field, and there was a spinner that ran. I also send show/hide > messages to show and hide the window, so it looked like a progress dialog to > the end user. I think I made the stack style System so it floated above > everything else. > > I never got around to preventing the app from having an icon in the OS X dock > though. There are ways to do that. Same with Windows. > > Bob S > > >> On Sep 24, 2018, at 13:48 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> On my silly phone now as in bed. Wonder if you couldn't use a splash screen >> substack with a spinner? Will try this tomorrow, although am uncertain re >> substacks in the HTML5 standalone. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
