application.sleep() runs 'Before' any other statement!

Classic Servoy
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Hi Folks, seems this sleep command runs before anything else in the function regardless of where its located? Here’s what I was trying to structure:

elements.login.visible = false
elements.logo.visible = true
elements.logo_words.visible = true
application.sleep(10000);
elements.login.visible = true

This results in nothing shown until after the sleep is run!

Is there a work-around?

This is in 5.1 beta BTW.

2

What happens when you do an updateUI before the sleep?

3

IT2Be:
What happens when you do an updateUI before the sleep?

Same thing Marcel - nothing shows until after the sleep!

4

Is there something else you do (wrong) in that method that could cause this?

5

Is this in the WebClient, because then it’s expected behavior, see http://wiki.servoy.com/display/DOCS/Web+Client+compatibility+overview

Paul

6

pbakker:
Is this in the WebClient, because then it’s expected behavior, see http://wiki.servoy.com/display/DOCS/Web+Client+compatibility+overview

Paul

This is Smart Client Paul - my function works fine other wise and its the first 5 lines of the function!

7

Ian,

Did a litle test in 5.1 beta :

	application.output('-1')
	application.output('-2')		
	application.sleep(10000);
	application.output('-3')

This works oke, the application stops for 10 seconds between displaing 2 and 3 in the developer console.

Regards

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Hans Nieuwenhuis:
Ian,

Did a litle test in 5.1 beta :

	application.output('-1')

application.output('-2')		
application.sleep(10000);
application.output('-3')




This works oke, the application stops for 10 seconds between displaing 2 and 3 in the developer console.

Regards

Hmm in the console perhaps Hans - but these are graphics on a form.

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Looks like you’re not updating the UI. Servoy freezes the UI while a script runs to avoid flickering. Just add an updateUI line where you want the ui to repaint in the middle of a script.

http://wiki.servoy.com/display/DOCS/App … n-updateUI