"Custom Dialog" that does not pause the script?

[Wodin]

Hi

I have a script that can take several seconds to run and it's difficult to know up front how long it might take. Obviously getting the script to work faster would be best and I am working on that, but in the mean time I want to pop up an alert to let the user know that FileMaker hasn't just hung or something. So in the middle of a loop I can use Show Custom Dialog if the elapsed time is greater than a certain amount. The problem is that the script stops execution until the dialog box is dismissed.

Is there a way to pop up a non-modal dialog box while allowing the script to continue? It would be even better if the dialog box could be dismissed automatically if the script finishes and the user has not yet clicked on the "OK" button.

Thanks.

[brian rich]

This might give you what you want

http://www.nightwing...s9/demo908.html

Brian

[Wodin]

This might give you what you want

http://www.nightwing...s9/demo908.html

Brian

That looks very interesting. Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[Aussie John]

The simple solution is to add a new standard window which has text saying the script is progessing. Event the window title could saying "Processing…"

[Wodin]

The simple solution is to add a new standard window which has text saying the script is progessing. Event the window title could saying "Processing…"

Thanks for the suggestion. That does indeed sound simpler.