Using the Status Dialog Window

[Adam]

In AutoPlay Media Studio, it is possible to display a status dialog window to your user using built in actions. This is useful if, for example, your application uses a loop that takes quite a bit of time to complete.

As an example, we will create a loop that counts to 20,000, and display a status window letting the user know the status of the count:

1. Create a button object, and add the following code to its On Click event:

--set the minimum and maximum values
minimum_value = 0;
maximum_value = 20000;

--Status dialog window settings
--show the status dialog window
StatusDlg.Show();

--set the title
StatusDlg.SetTitle("Counting from " .. minimum_value .. " to " .. maximum_value);
--set the range of the meter
StatusDlg.SetMeterRange(minimum_value, maximum_value);

--counting loop
--set the loop control variable
loop_control = minimum_value;
--while the loop control variable is less than or equal to the maximum value
while loop_control <= maximum_value do
--set the meter position to the loop control variable
StatusDlg.SetMeterPos(loop_control);
--set the status text to reflect the current number
StatusDlg.SetStatusText("Currently Counting . . . (" .. loop_control .. " of " .. maximum_value .. ")");
--increment the loop control variable
loop_control = loop_control + 1;
end

The above code when run will count to 20,000, and display a status dialog showing the progress of the loop.