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

DAVID wrote:

> 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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"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message
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| DAVID wrote:
|
| > 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.
|
| --
| Daniel Morgan
| http://www.outreach.washington.edu/e...ad/oad_crs.asp
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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

-- mcs

Mark C. Stock wrote:

> i think the OP's looking for a progress indicator

I hope not because an accurate one is not possible. If the action
has a predictable time, however, a timer could be used.

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On 16 Feb 2004 21:55:50 -0800, david_nat2000@yahoo.com (DAVID) wrote:

>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.

<out of lurker mode>

Hi David!

I wrote this little function to achieve the result you want

------------
FUNCTION Progresso( nAtual in Number, nTotal in Number ) RETURN VarChar2 IS

nQtNs Number := 0 ;
nQtPontos Constant Number := 20 ;

BEGIN

if nTotal <> 0 then
nQtNs := ( nAtual * nQtPontos ) / nTotal ;
end if ;

Return RPad( 'n', nQtNs, 'n' ) ;

END;

-------------

Variables are in portuguese (I'm in sunny Brasil):

nAtual is the qt of work done
nTotal is the expected total of work done - > you must have this!
it returns a certain of 'n' , related to the constant "nQtPontos".

You must create a display item and set it's font to "wingdings". "n" is a square block in wingdings
font. The length of display item must be enough to fit 20 'n's, or square blocks. If you want a
larger progress bar, increace the length of the display item and the "nQtPontos" constant.


To test the function, create a item named "test" under "test" block and put this code under a
"when-button-pressed" trigger.

Begin

for n in 1..100 loop

:test.test := progresso( n, 100 ) ;
-- you might want to throw a "synchronize" here, not sure. test it.

for 1 in 1..10000 loop --just wait a few instants to make the progress go slower
null ;
end loop ;

end loop ;

end ;

feel free to email me if you have any questions

<back to lurker mode>

>Thanks
>
>David

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Recife - Brasil
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| Mark C. Stock wrote:
|
| > i think the OP's looking for a progress indicator
|
| I hope not because an accurate one is not possible. If the action
| has a predictable time, however, a timer could be used.
|
| --
| Daniel Morgan
| http://www.outreach.washington.edu/e...ad/oad_crs.asp
| http://www.outreach.washington.edu/e...oa/aoa_crs.asp
| damorgan@x.washington.edu
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|


i was thinking timer that expires at the interval in which the 'progress
meter' should be refreshed -- the time logic would have to be kicked off
(initialized) prior to the long-running tasks, then turned off after the
task completes; each timer expiration during the task would update the
'meter' and reset the timer (which as i recall is an attribute of the timer)

-- mcs

DAVID wrote:
>
> 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

Assuming you have control over the form during the long task you could
create an text item say 5cm long in white, and overlay with a blue one
which grows from 0cm to 5cm.

Problem is, then you've got 'synchronize' commands to keep it up to
date...not so good on a wan etc etc

hth
connor
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