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How to make a "status window" ?

Apr 4, 2012 5:08 AM

Hello,

 

I'm trying to make a notice window to display some information to the user without blocking the form (this exclude the app.alert method).

 

What I would like to display is some kind of sticky note like the one that display the thermometer.

 

The AcrobatJavaScript Scripting Reference describes the thermometer object as "a combined status window/progress bar that indicates ti the user a lengthy operation in progress", so I guess what I want to display is a status window, but I can't get any reference to such a thing in the documentation...

 

Does it exist? How to create or manipulate it? Is there another way to get the same effect?

440 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Xiarea, Apr 5, 2012 7:02 AM
 
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  • BarlaeDC
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    1. BarlaeDC,
    Apr 4, 2012 5:54 AM   in reply to Xiarea
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    Hi,

     

    I don't think there is a specific status window but you could use a thermometer and just not update it so it just has a message stating that you are doing something and then when you are finished remove the thermometer.

     

    Hope this helps

     

    Malcolm

     
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  • Xiarea
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    2. Xiarea,
    Apr 4, 2012 7:36 AM   in reply to BarlaeDC
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    Hi and thanks for your reply,

     

    I'm afraid that Thermometer object wouldn't help much since it doesn't allow to display a specific text.

     

    I've found something that seem to be able to do what I want (?) that would be screenAnnot object. I'm still trying to understand how it works (how to create it?!?)

     

    Xia

     
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  • Bernd Alheit
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    3. Bernd Alheit,
    Apr 4, 2012 7:37 AM   in reply to Xiarea
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    You can add a text field to the form and display there the information.

     
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  • Xiarea
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    4. Xiarea,
    Apr 4, 2012 9:03 AM   in reply to Bernd Alheit
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    That would sure be an easy thing to do, but I was searching for something more flexible, that wouldn't take more space on the (already  very charged) form itself. That's why I think about something that would come on top of the document, always at the same place even if the user scroll up or down.

     

    Plus if it looks as good as the thermometer thing, it would be awsome

     

    Xia - Still searching how to make a screenAnnot...

     
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  • BarlaeDC
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    5. BarlaeDC,
    Apr 5, 2012 2:32 AM   in reply to Xiarea
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    Hi,

     

    The thermometer object has a property called

     

    text

         Sets the text string that is displayed by the thermometer.

     

    So you could use that, on the screenAnnot object that is used for the displaying of flash ( and other multimedia) content so it might be a bit of overkill for it to be used to display a message to the user.

     

    You could use any of the other annotations but I think if the Thermometer is not an option Bernd's idea is the best solution.

     

    Regards

     

    Malcolm

     
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  • Xiarea
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    6. Xiarea,
    Apr 5, 2012 7:02 AM   in reply to BarlaeDC
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    That's great! Thank you!

     
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