►FR◄ Silent DISPLAY MESSAGE

BenHayat

@Support;

I'd like to request to extend the DISPLAY MESSAGE with a parameter that would make it silent, meaning it does not require any button to close it to show info when Aware is running in a loop process to show user some data.

I have a complex process that goes 4 level deep with inner loops (of inner hierarchical objects). It's a time consuming process, since it requires lots of finds and creates new records. Most of these loops uses "BATCHES OF 1", which slows down the system.
What I really need is that every time the main loop starts a new object, I can show some object data in a popup display dialog that will not go away until the end of the process when process ends. This way, the user sees that some progress is happening. As of now, if the data is large, they think the system has frozen and they panic.
I tried to use DISPLAY ASYNC, but it does not work properly and does not show correct sequence.

Can we have a parameter to keep the DISPLAY MESSAGE on screen during a process? We basically need a none-modal form that stays on top and refreshes itself during process and goes away, when process ends.
Thanks!

mrbdrm

DISPLAY ASYNC used to be buggy in v6 but works very good in v7
i think if you use it with the delay option it will work very good for your needs

BenHayat

mrbdrm wrote
DISPLAY ASYNC used to be buggy in v6 but works very good in v7
i think if you use it with the delay option it will work very good for your needs

Thank you for the comment. Yes, the DISPLAY ASYNC would actually affect the process execution and caused me problems. I wasn't sure if it was a bug or simply should not be used in loop process.

Have you tried it successfully in a process that loops through records in V7?

BLOMASKY

curious why you think DISPLAY ASYNC would cause a problem.

(you can certainly condition it to only DISPLAY every 10..100 loops or so.

bruce

BenHayat

BLOMASKY wrote
curious why you think DISPLAY ASYNC would cause a problem.

(you can certainly condition it to only DISPLAY every 10..100 loops or so.

bruce

What I really need is like DISPLAY MESSAGE that stays on the middle of the screen that shows the progress of process either as a progress bar or as each object gets processed show object data, rather than once in a while popping up as DISPLAY ASYNC.
Plus DISPLAY ASYNC also affects other Display Messages in the Process (Like some of the early data checking) and giving choices to user.
All these were issues in V6. Not sure if V7 has resolved the problem.

mrbdrm

Not in a loop but i have tried displaying a lot of messages in a sequence and they overlap each other in v7
in v6 they build on top of each other (like a building)

BenHayat

mrbdrm wrote
Not in a loop but i have tried displaying a lot of messages in a sequence and they overlap each other in v7
in v6 they build on top of each other (like a building)

The key here is to recognize the loop iteration and update the data in a SINGLE display and not lots of popup to confuse user.

I had done this in C# and ASP and was a very simple procedure. You create None-Modal (Silent DISPLAY MESSAGE) form with a variable in it and as the loop goes through, you update the variable and user sees data being changed.