Creating an hourglass type dialog

[kathryn]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had worked out how to put up a symbol or dialog while MS is doing its magic - mainly to confirm to the user that something is happening.

I can see that non-modal dialogs could be used but I have a problem with using these (documented in beta fb) and thought that maybe someone had a solution before v7.3.

Thanks,
Kathryn

[Lumumba]

I was wondering if anyone had worked out how to put up a symbol or dialog while MS is doing its magic - mainly to confirm to the user that something is happening

While a MSched script is executed a blinking cogwheel/gearwheel is displayed in the TrayIconArea.

Are you talking about a progress bar ?

[kathryn]

Hi,

Thanks - yes I utilize the flashing tray.

But I was looking for something a lot less subtle for my users. I would like something that is very obvious to the user - to let them know not to touch the dialogs which MS is automatically going to fill-in and to let them know that MS is servicing their menu choice... but with some delay.

I was thinking that changing the cursor to an hourglass may work... as the solution would have to allow MS to continue inputting to various dialogs and windows.

Thanks,
Kathryn

[Lumumba]

I think you should check MSched's enhanced functionality if you use it with embedded VBScript.