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.