File Sharing: time to draw folders
File Sharing: time to draw folders
- Subject: File Sharing: time to draw folders
- From: Irwin Poche <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 10:28:18 -0500
I'm working on a script that opens a folder (via a file sharing mounted
disk) and then selects a few items in the folder.
The problem is the time it takes file sharing (over a modem) to retrieve all
the information drawn in the folder's window. I get a "that thing is not
there" type of message when the script hits it's "select" statement.
I have tried a "with timeout" around the "open folder" statement but the
open is considered done as soon as the window outline is drawn.
Nothing I can find in the Finder dictionary suggests a boolean that
indicates the window has been redrawn. In the back of my mind there's a
"busy" something or other boolean somewhere.
Anyone know if there's a direct (boolean) or indirect (loop) way of knowing
the window is drawn. I don't know that a loop's a good idea - might eat up
processor cycles making the window draw that much slower.
-Irwin