Re: animated icons
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 14:00:02
Message-ID: <steve_hauser.3.000E008E_at_dqc3.dofasco.ca>
In article <94192.161730SCUNNANE_at_ESTEC.BITNET> <SCUNNANE_at_ESTEC.BITNET> writes:
>Has anyone had any experience with using animated icons for push buttons ?
>I'm looking into methods of informing the user that the process is continuing
>(during for example a heavy query on the net). I've tried to created my own
>"animated" icons for push buttons (in fact 4 different icons being selected by
>the when-timer-expired trigger) but I get a problem with SQL*Net hogging the
>session until the fetch is complete and the when-timer-expired trigger is not
>fired.
My experience is that Forms (for MS-Windows) blocks all other processes from running whenever it is executing a PL/SQL block. I was able to get around this in my case (using DBMS pipes) by using timers and performing a non-blocking read of the pipe. This caused other problems, however since I wanted Forms to be blocked, but not all of Windows.
>Also has anyone managed to change their cursor to the egg timer ? I'd
>also be interested in finding out how this is done.
Oracle Canada tells me that modifying the mouse pointer will be possible with Forms 4.5 due out January 1995.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I was the recipient of the same not too long ago...
Steve Hauser Received on Mon Jul 11 1994 - 14:00:02 CEST