Progress Bar for Install Files

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I was thinking that the Progress dialog was not working, but now with a
sharp eye, I can see it flash on quickly and off

I do not have anything defined for the progress bar in the script, just in
the tree on left for Setup Appearance > Dialogs

Do I have to program something in the script to make the dialog box visable,
or am I doing something wrong again?

There are many files and the dialog bix is very visable in SB4, unless SB6
is super fast at copying them down. I am also wondering if when the finish
button apears, if it ain't really finished yet.

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Dan Scott
Garage Partner Pro
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Dan,

If you look in your script, you'll also see the progress dialog screen there
as "Display Setup Progress Dialog" before the section where files are
installed.

I don't know how SB manages the progress bar internally.

If you wanted to do it yourself, you could go into the script section where
your files are installed and manually insert a few "Set Progress Bar"
elements to force it to a certain percent. (User Interface script items,
"Progress Dialog: Progress Bar" item.)

Check out the "Progress Dialog.sb6" project in the example files to see how
to manipulate the progress bar in your script.

Jane

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Thanks Jane

Then the progress bar for installing files actually does work without my
intervention.

Just seems to install files awfully quickly

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Dan Scott
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Is that a bad thing? <G>

Jane Fleming

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> Just seems to install files awfully quickly
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So I've heard<g>

Jeff Slarve

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We're talking FILES here, Jeff <g>

Jane Fleming

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Very Good Thing

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Dan Scott
Garage Partner Pro
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Hi Dan,

> Then the progress bar for installing files actually does work without my
> intervention.

Sure does:) But like Jane said, you can also have different progress bar
windows in the install. I had one in a client project I did where we were
doing some conversions, so rather than let the user sit and wonder what had
happened, I added a progress bar dialog before I started the conversion and
update the progress bar 8 times during the process giving an idea what was
going on:)

> Just seems to install files awfully quickly

It does:) I have installs where it just flickers;) But I have installs
where I have about 100 files and there you can see it progress nicely, but
quickly as those are relatively small files:)

Best regards,

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Arnór Baldvinsson - Icetips Alta LLC
Port Angeles, Washington
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Talk about installing the files quickly <g>

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Dan Scott
Garage Partner Pro
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Hi Dan,

> Talk about installing the files quickly <g>

Also, if you are installing under Vista, then Vista has a special thing
about progress bars that generally makes them wrong;) Don't know if
Friedrich is doing anything to fix that - I understand that the "fix" is to
update the progress bar and then push it "back" a notch that forces it to
update. Otherwise it kind of has a life on it's own without much regard to
the updates to the control.

Best regards,

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Arnór Baldvinsson - Icetips Alta LLC
Port Angeles, Washington
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