XForms: status bars

Andrew V. Messier (amess@WPI.EDU)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:16:01 -0400 (EDT)

# To subscribers of the xforms list from "Andrew V. Messier" <amess@WPI.EDU> :

Part of my program involves some lengthy calculations so
I thought it would be nice to add a status bar while the
calculations were in progress. I want to print the form
out, and then have it go away when the calculations are
complete. The problem is that since there is no user
interaction in this form, I don't know how to get out of
the fl_do_forms() loop. fl_show_form() seems to setup
the window, but the contents of the form are empty until
I call fl_do_forms();

I basically want to do this:

fl_show_form();
fl_do_form();
do calculations and draw status bar on form
fl_hide_form();

But obviously I need some way to have fl_do_forms
run until my calculations are complete. Thanks in
advance for any help.

- Andy Messier

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