Loading bars

[Skeets]

Ok, as you see in the below thread, I am having difficulties with 800+ objects, but I think it would be ok if I had a loading bar, right now the program goes "not responding" for a few seconds and then it comes up, but I'd rather it have a loading bar. I know there is a load bar object, but I don't know how to make it work for this

[Nick]

You can't make a loading bar.

BUT

Create an object saying "Loading" and create it before the loop runs, then destroy it after the loop has run! But it isn't work it at all with only 800 objects, i think all users will understand without explaining it.

Also, don't create two topics for the same problem in the future, it pushes other threads off the page.

[Werbad]

You can use the Progress Bar Object to create a loading bar. It supports display updating even if the application is frozen due to running a loop or similar.

[Skeets]

how exatly do I do this? You said that it works if your application is frozen, but what if the whole window goes white? it does load eventually...

[Game_Master]

Use the extension called DialogueBox. It is only available in MMF2 Dev. However, I have seen an object used on a game in TGF2 that can make a progress bar in a pop-up window. Ask Jakeownsfilms, he made the game that I saw it in.

[Tuna]

is there a way to allow the processor to be free'd up during a loop as is done with DoEvents in VB? If this could be built into loops, that would be great.

[Skeets]

sorry, I don't know what doevents are or what VB is...

[Werbad]

It works fine for me with Progress Bar... Never had any problems with the window going white, but I never made any massive, 30 second+ load functions either...

[xyzzy]

is there a way to allow the processor to be free'd up during a loop as is done with DoEvents in VB? If this could be built into loops, that would be great.

Sphax made an object that lets you run, for example, "chunks" of 50 loops a certain amount of times... which would be very useful for custom bars

so if you needed to run 200 loops, you could run 4 sets of 50 loops, then after each set runs, it gives MMF a chance to update the screen

[Tuna]

is there a way to allow the processor to be free'd up during a loop as is done with DoEvents in VB? If this could be built into loops, that would be great.

Sphax made an object that lets you run, for example, "chunks" of 50 loops a certain amount of times... which would be very useful for custom bars

so if you needed to run 200 loops, you could run 4 sets of 50 loops, then after each set runs, it gives MMF a chance to update the screen

Sounds like that would solve the problem and would be about the same as the DoEvents function.

Skeets: "DoEvents" is a Visual Basic (VB) function that is used to tell your program to give the Operating System "permission" to Do other pending processor events. Effectively preventing a busy loop from fooling Windows into thinking the thread or program was not responding.