Giving user feedback when running a script

[Mark.Ogier]

Hi

Just getting into my first FM script and all going well so far. But it is quite a big script with many steps and i would like to give the user some feedback about what is happening ("about to start step 1", "Step 1 complete", "starting next step" etc.)

Can someone point me in the right direction as to how a display some kind of form or window at the start of the script and update some text on it to give the step by step feedback of what is happening?

Or is that not the way bit should be done in FM?

All ideas gratefully received

Many thanks

Mark

[JerrySalem]

you can throw up a dialog box, but be careful with that.  If the user dosn't click ok on the dialog, the script remains paused at that point.

another option would be to put a global variable on the layout.

At appropriate times, set the variable and refresh the window.

a third option would be to set the window title.

[bcooney]

Jerry's suggestions are great. However, most scripts run quickly. I'm interested in the process you're describing and why you feel the script will take a long time. Perhaps you can push it to a server script?

[RodM]

I build several layouts of color,

and several script w/assorted delays as tools

 

Then call script that displays a message, passing a parameter " Hello",

viewed in the message box layout..

Then I call a script with message..for test, 1/2 -5 sec delays anytime you want to