topic Re: How to make progress bar move? in Archicad C++ API

How to make progress bar move?

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:54:50 GMT

Hi.

I am trying to use DG::ProgressBar but I don't know how to make the bar move. It just stays still. Should I rewrite some functions?

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:43:38 GMT

I haven't used that specific control, but I assume ProgressBar::SetValue would do it.

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:11:02 GMT

Ralph wrote:
I haven't used that specific control, but I assume ProgressBar::SetValue would do it.

Thank you. But I was wondering if the dialog can keep showing while the program call SetValue? I can only make the dialog show itself by calling "dialog.Invoke()". But the dialog shown by Invoke() seems to be a still one and the progress bar of it doesn't move.

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:24:41 GMT

scandi wrote:
I was wondering if the dialog can keep showing while the program call SetValue? I can only make the dialog show itself by calling "dialog.Invoke()". But the dialog shown by Invoke() seems to be a still one and the progress bar of it doesn't move.

What is the context? Are you displaying something like a progress window while a process is running? If so, you probably want a palette rather than a modeless dialog. You might need to call a redraw method on a progress bar if the value is changed too.

Also, if this is a progress window, you might want to use Archicad's standard process feedback UI. Take a look at the documentation for APIIo_InitProcessWindowID - it provides a code sample. There's probably a C++ wrapper for that too if you hunt around - the documentation for this is mostly absent though.

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:46:42 GMT

Ralph wrote:

scandi wrote:
I was wondering if the dialog can keep showing while the program call SetValue? I can only make the dialog show itself by calling "dialog.Invoke()". But the dialog shown by Invoke() seems to be a still one and the progress bar of it doesn't move.
What is the context? Are you displaying something like a progress window while a process is running? If so, you probably want a palette rather than a modeless dialog. You might need to call a redraw method on a progress bar if the value is changed too.

Also, if this is a progress window, you might want to use Archicad's standard process feedback UI. Take a look at the documentation for APIIo_InitProcessWindowID - it provides a code sample. There's probably a C++ wrapper for that too if you hunt around - the documentation for this is mostly absent though.

Thank you. I will try the palette. Is there any sample for that?

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:41:00 GMT

scandi wrote:
I will try the palette. Is there any sample for that?

Take a look at OwnerDrawnListBoxPalette in DG_Test or BrowserPalette in BrowserControl.

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:41:55 GMT

Ralph wrote:

scandi wrote:
I will try the palette. Is there any sample for that?
Take a look at OwnerDrawnListBoxPalette in DG_Test or BrowserPalette in BrowserControl.

Thanks a lot!

Re: How to make progress bar move?

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:23:02 GMT

I have solved it. To make it move, you should use class "modeless" but not class "modal". Class "modal" will block the program to wait for action like a click or something else.