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? If so you can open a window with the message and then close it. If you are building with SMILE that also provides powerful dialog capabilities to do this as well. As for Lummox I wish I could remember. I have it in the basement I think. Time to clean I guess :) -Mark Who understands the slowness.