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:
> 
> > 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.

> 
> 
> 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