StatusDlg.Show(); help

[bobbie]

I would like to StatusDlg.Show(); when it is loading the txt file but I can't seem to get it to work?
The code is not mine but Azmanar from a example he has.
If iI can't show the StatusDlg.Show(); could I show maybe a small window with some kind of gif type animations showing that it is working?

tSelected = ListBox.GetSelected("ListBox2");

if tSelected then
StatusDlg.Show();

sPlayListFilePath = ListBox.GetItemData("ListBox2", tSelected[1]);
tSelectedPlayList = TextFile.ReadToTable(sPlayListFilePath);
nTable = Table.Count(tSelectedPlayList);
	if tSelectedPlayList then
		for i=1,nTable do
			sPath = tSelectedPlayList[i];
			if sPath =="" then
   				Table.Remove(tSelectedPlayList, i) -- remove empty lines
   			else
				tFileParts = String.SplitPath(sPath);
				sFile = tFileParts.Filename..tFileParts.Extension;
				ListBox.AddItem("ListBox1", sFile, sPath);
			end
		end
		nPlayList = ListBox.GetCount("ListBox1");
		Label.SetText("Total", nPlayList);
		StatusDlg.Hide();

	end
else
--result = Dialog.Message("Notice", "No File Selected", MB_OK, MB_ICONINFORMATION, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
end

[bobbie]

Well the StatusDlg.Show(); is opening but it seems to be frozen till the txt file loads into the listbox.
You can't move it or the window till it is done.

[mz241508]

Maybe you can post the *.apz file so that we find it much easier to help you. :yes

[Roboblue]

Bobbie
I don't use the status dialog very often, but I think it will only animate from an action that has a callback function.
I don't see such an action in your code.

[bobbie]

Ok thanks, but like I added it seems to be lock anyways while it is loading the txt file.

[Roboblue]

That's because it's an embedded function of AMS. It shows up where you put it in the code to .Show, it goes away when the reaches the .Hide.
But, without a callback function in the action, there won't be any activity. None of the actions you have in that bit of code has a callback function to give the StatusDlg anything to react to.
Look at the help for a ZIP.Extract (or file.copy, or any action that has the capability to take an extended time to complete, or if a "Cancel the action" is needed). The Callback Function is going to have the information to allow the StatusDlg to have activity.