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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]> wrote on
02/03/2006 11:21:12 AM:
> On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:13 PM, John A.M. Darnell wrote:
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> > Hello List:
> >
> > I have a very large script that builds InDesign pages, then places
> > pictures onto those pages. The images are stored on servers, the
> > volumes
> > of which must be determined and then mounted. This takes time
> > (sometimes
> > a lot of time) during which nothing happens on the screen, and my
> > users
> > don't know if the script has broken or is just taking its time.
> >
> > The code that mounts, however, has a definite beginnning and end. I
> > would like to toss up a dialog just before initiating the process, and
> > then remove the dialog after the process is complete. Is there any
> > way to
> > do something likek that?
> >
> > Trivia question: In Robert Heinlein's Children's classic, "The Star
> > Beast," Lummox was growing what as a hobby?
> >
>
> Is this built in Studio?
No. It is built in Script Debugger.
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> As for Lummox I wish I could remember. I have it in the basement I
> think. Time to clean I guess :)
Don't throw it away! Donate it to a library somewhere! Vintage Heinlein
is such a treat.
Take care.
John
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