kenneth2k1 Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Hey all! I have a question about showing a message. Perhaps you can answer it for me. One script I have does a loop through all the records to change contents of a field. I put a "Freeze Window" command in while it makes the changes. Right now, there are only 10 records in my Db, but if there's hundreds or thousands it may take a while to go through all of them. I want to put a message up just before freezing the window to say "Please Wait," but without the OK or Cancel button of the Show Message step. is there a way to do that? Thanks, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 I don't think so. You might want to consider the Troi Dialog Plugin. He has a flash message command that has no buttons, and you can control how long the users sees the message. www.troi.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted December 14, 2001 Author Share Posted December 14, 2001 Yeah, thanks. I'll check it out. I use the Activator plugin from Troi, and it works pretty good. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsmith Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 One think I do is duplicate the layout except put a graphic that says "Please Wait.......", switch to that layout prior to the loop then switch back after loop is complete. This will appear that a message is over the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlsparker Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 When I have a time-consuming operation, I'll send the user to another layout altogether. In a script, I turn user abort off, toggle status area, and try to make it difficult to stop the process short of killing the application. I have a sample file called message.zip on my site. Tom http://www.tgparker.com/filemaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted December 17, 2001 Author Share Posted December 17, 2001 Thanks for all your help, I think I will just duplicate the layout with a message box. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted December 19, 2001 Author Share Posted December 19, 2001 Thanks for the help. I have another question: My script contains several sub-scripts. I put a "Go to Layout" step, and had it point to a layout that says "please wait..." Then I freeze the window. The problem is that it is not freezing the window. The sub-scripts all have print commands, and it flashes the "Now Printing" dialog for each sub-script. So basically the "Freeze Window" command is not working. Is there anything that I am missing about this command? Thanks, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Can you post the script steps? You might have to put Freeze Window in each sub-script as well. Whenever I make a script, the Freeze Window step is always put in, usually at the top under Allow User Abort [Off] unless there is some reason not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Knippel Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Sometimes what can happen is that the functioning of the script is such that script continues processing before the actual monitor can refresh the screen in its frozen state, so you are seeing what would normally be hidden by the "frozen layout". Try sticking a Pause/Resume Script [0:00:01] ( a 1 second pause) after the Freeze Window. This should give the monitor pleanty of time to properly refresh your screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted December 19, 2001 Author Share Posted December 19, 2001 Thanks guys for your prompt reply. Actually, Kurt, that is how I have it. It looks like this: Go to Layout [Certain Layout] Freeze Window Pause Script [00.00.02] Perform Script [sub-Scipts, "Certian Subscript"] Perform Script [sub-Scripts, "Certain Subscript"] and on......and on...... and on........ (until all 33 of them are complete) When this is executed, it brings up that "Now Printing" dialog for each script step. Hey Vaughan: while I have your attention, will you please look at the posting: Question on sub-scripts. I have another question for you. Thanks! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted December 28, 2001 Author Share Posted December 28, 2001 Any Ideas??? I've tried going to another layout and freezing the screen, but the "Now Printing" still comes up. Is this just unavoidable?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droosan Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 I haven't messed with it alot, but as far as I understand, Freeze Window only freezes Filemaker windows. Isn't your "Now Printing" coming from your operating system? If so, I doubt you can freeze that from Filemaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth2k1 Posted January 21, 2002 Author Share Posted January 21, 2002 yeah, that's what I've discovered. Thanks for the reply. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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