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Serge

is there any reason that i can't have a text element showing on top of a progress bar so that i can have % count showing in the middle of my progress bar?

i placed the DIALOG ADD, TEXT code after the DIALOG ADD,PROGRESS which means that the text should be on top of the progress bar and hence visible but helas...it is not to be...

anyone know what is going on there?

thanks in advance

Serge

Dr. Dread · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 7:46 am Post subject:

I tried that also long time ago and I just couldn't make it work. But you could build your
own progress bar. Look at a couple of good examples here:

http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=716

Greetz
Dr. Dread

Serge · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 7:56 am Post subject:

Hi Dr Dread,

i had seen that you can make your own but it struck me as odd that i can't put a text element on top of a progress bar and wondered if perhaps i was missing something Confused

looks like i'll have to make my own Sad

thanks for your help

Serge

Mac · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:07 am Post subject:

There are just some elements that you can't show anything
on top of - lists for example... Confused

Cheers, Mac Smile

Serge · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:14 am Post subject:

i didn't know that, Mac

i assumed that you could put elements freely on top of any elements... goes to show how assumptions sometimes are unfounded...

Serge

Mac · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:19 am Post subject:

Actually you can add some elements over a list (although not text),
but there's some elements that seem to have priority over others.

Ya just gotta play with 'em and see what works. Wink

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

... For example, checkboxes can be put over other elements.

Here's an example:
http://www.vdsworld.com/~freezingfire/checkbox.dsc

Serge · Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:43 am Post subject:

thanks for the info, in the future i will do some overlay checking first so as to know what can go over what

Serge

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Here's a workaround using a checkbox without the box for the text. Wink

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

...Or here's a less nice example, but is a bit more simple...

Serge · Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:46 pm Post subject:

thanks for that freezingfire, i think at this stage that i will use your second idea

i had not thought of using a bitbutton - good idea

your second code generated an error - can't show a disabled element!

the following code worked fine

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

OOPS...

That wasn't the right example... I had two VDS windows open; one had
code with the error in it and the other didn't. I copied the wrong one, but
it looks like you figured it out though! Wink

Serge · Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:57 am Post subject:

no problem freezingfire - i just wanted to point out the error, didn't mean anything else by it

we all make mistakes, even the best of us Smile

Serge

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I know for sure that I make mistakes, and I am not the best. Laughing

No offense taken. Wink

Serge · Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:01 pm Post subject:

hi freezingfire

i tried the bitbtn code but the caption won't change with DIALOG SET - i needed it to change to reflect the % of the progress bar

don't worry about trying to find a solution to that as i ended up using the status bar - not my preferred choice but it works straight away

thanks for your suggestions

Serge