1 second pop-up, timed message

onidarbe

I can't seem to find how I can give a quick confirmation, like displaying 1 second: "Hello world" without the need to press [OK] or [X]

I thought I've found it, but it doesn't work:
dlg = UI::WebDialog.new("test", false, "test", 300, 200, 50, 150, false) dlg.set_html("Hello world") dlg.show start_timer(1, false) { dlg.close }

It does sometimes disappear but even when I don't use start_timer(1, false) { dlg.close } So that seems to be another bug?! Maybe only in SU 2013...

Dan Rathbun

Try:


module Onidarbe

  def self;;popup(message)
    #
    unless @dlg
      @dlg = UI;;WebDialog.new("Notice", false, "Onidarbe_Popup", 300, 200, 50, 150, false)
    end
    @dlg.set_html(message)
    if @dlg.visible?
      @dlg.bring_to_front
    else
      RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i ? @dlg.show_modal ; @dlg.show
    end
    UI;;start_timer(1.0, false) { @dlg.close }
    #
  end # popup

end

Onidarbe::popup("Operation complete.")

reasons:

local vars in scripts get garbage collected soon after the script ends.
all your code needs to be inside your own module
you were attempting to call the start_timer module function without qualifying it by it's module. (It is not a global method.)

onidarbe

Short and ride to the point

Thanks again Dan! Have a nice new year's eve...