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Use the Status Dialog

In AutoPlay Media Studio, it is possible to display a status dialog 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:

--set the minimum and maximum values

minimum_value = 0;

maximum_value = 20000;

 

--status dialog window settings

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

StatusDlg.SetTitle("Counting from " .. minimum_value .. " to " .. maximum_value); --set the title

StatusDlg.SetMeterRange(minimum_value, maximum_value); --set the range of the meter

 

--counting loop

loop_control = minimum_value; --set the loop control variable

while loop_control <= maximum_value do --while the loop control variable is less than or equal to the maximum value

   StatusDlg.SetMeterPos(loop_control); --set the meter position to the loop control variable

   StatusDlg.SetStatusText("Currently Counting . . . (" .. loop_control .. " of " .. maximum_value .. ")");  --set the status text to reflect the current number

   loop_control = loop_control + 1; --increment the loop control variable

end

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

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