Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #623 - 15 msgs
Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #623 - 15 msgs
- Subject: Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #623 - 15 msgs
- From: "Roger Howard" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:12:57 -0700
Depending on your environment there are several alternative ways to do this WITHOUT status boxes... in the past I have used the Finder/desktop to display various bits of status. Forget about status boxes for a minute (assuming you can't do what you need either with dialog boxes or DialogDirector) and consider using a combination of the following:
1. Folders can be created as needed with custom labels reflecting status.
2. The desktop image can be swapped to reflect pre-determined states.
3. Pretty much any app can be used to display status in some way. Use a simple Filemaker db, a TexEdit window, even a Quicktime movie (text tracks and/or jump to a particular frame).
There are many more such stupidly simple ways to display status without using a dialog. How about using a folder's name to show current item and its position (horizontally or vertically) to show percentage of a process complete? My use of desktop images in the past was VERY effective in a factory situation, though I doubt you'll want to swap desktops 10 times a minute!
Remember, this is Apple(Script), Think Different(ly)
- Roger :)
On Monday, April 23, 2001, at 04:34 PM, Harald E Brandt wrote:
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I want to display a progress window that says which file is currently
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being processed. How can I do that??
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Not a word about such a thing is mentioned in AppleScript Language
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Guide or in Scripting_Additions.pdf!?
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It should be like a progress bar, but with some text or numbers that
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are updated as the script proceeds.