Doing a custom progress dialog in OpenOffice.org Basic

[Will Pittenger]

Unfortunately, since com.sun.star.awt.XDialog doesn't return until the dialog is closed (which makes the dialog a modal dialog) the calling function can't execute code. I would use event handlers in the dialog, but there don't appear to be any timer related stuff in there. Any ideas?

[JohnSUN-Pensioner]

Please see the file from this message.
The last procedures in the module (with ProgBar in name) control the progress bar in dialog.
I hope this code will help you

[Will Pittenger]

Well, it might help, but do you have a simpler example? It will be a while before I find what I'm looking for in that.

[hanya]

Try css.awt.AsyncCallback service.

[JohnSUN-Pensioner]

Sorry for the delay in response. Simple examples I have of course somewhere in the archives there, but I could not find them. Because I write a new example. (I hope you will excuse me for a small number comments in the code.)

The hardest thing was to come up with a slow process...

[Charlie Young]

Sorry for the delay in response. Simple examples I have of course somewhere in the archives there, but I could not find them. Because I write a new example. (I hope you will excuse me for a small number comments in the code.)

The hardest thing was to come up with a slow process...

Nice example, but JohnSUN accidentally left the Forms Controls in Design Mode, so do View > Toolbars > Form Controls and toggle Design Mode off, or else the buttons will be selected instead of running the macros.

[Will Pittenger]

I still can't find the relevant code.It doesn't help that the dialog is read-only. I can't access the properties. And I don't know what Charlie means by "Design Mode". Please note I'm working on a Writer document, not Calc.

[JohnSUN-Pensioner]

OK. From example code get line

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oProgrBar = oDoc.getCurrentController().getFrame().createStatusIndicator()

It create progress bar in status bar.
Use metod .start() of this object to set text and max value of indicator.
Use metod .setValue() of this object to set new length of indicator.
Use metod .end() of this object to close indicator.

[Will Pittenger]

OK. From example code get line

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oProgrBar = oDoc.getCurrentController().getFrame().createStatusIndicator()

It create progress bar in status bar.
Use metod .start() of this object to set text and max value of indicator.
Use metod .setValue() of this object to set new length of indicator.
Use metod .end() of this object to close indicator.

Well, I think a dialog would be better for my needs. The dialog I have laid out shows overall progress, progress of the current step, number of terms found, number of use cases found, and more.