Re: How to mention bar during the task on forms 6i

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1077035325.399811_at_yasure...
| DAVID wrote:
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| > Hi,
| >
| > I am using forms 6i.
| > How should I display the bar or dots ........... on forms
| > screen,which represents that the task is in progress or it is going
| > on.
| > Could some one suggest what type of item/code, I use in order to
| > accomplish that.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| > David
|
| It is far easier to just change the VISIBLE property of a text object.
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i think the OP's looking for a progress indicator

the CURSOR_STYLE property (see SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY) will let you display the 'hourglass' cursor during long operations (that forms is oblivious to, normally, it should display the hourglasss automatically)

also, check to see if that the CONSOLE_WINDOW property (form level) is set properly. if you gain control during a long operation, you can write to the message line (use the message built-in with the NO_ACKNOWLEDGE option) -- you might also look into using a time to update the console message line, but i'm not sure what limitations that will have during long blocking operations

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