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Re: Win32 GUI freeze

by eco (Acolyte)
on Feb 18, 2013 at 12:57 UTC ( [id://1019336]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Win32 GUI freeze

You basically have two options

  • Add a progress bar to show the computer is doing something, eventually letting the user cancel the task
  • Divide your task into subtasks which can be run from the event loop

The first solution is the easiest to code

-- ecocode

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Re^2: Win32 GUI freeze
by ckant8 (Acolyte) on Feb 19, 2013 at 06:02 UTC
    I have added progress bar to my script. but gettinng error saying "can not call method SetRange on an undefined value". I have added use Win32::GUI(); my $progress_bar = $main->AddProgressBar ( -name => 'ProgressBar', -pos => 10, 10, -size => 270, 20, -smooth => 1, -vertical => 0, ); $progress_bar->SetRange(0,50); $progress_bar->SetStep($y); $progress_bar->StepIt();

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