Program Start - Event

[Thomas L.]

Hi. I am currently developing some application which uses a graphical interface and communicates via GPIB with some device. When the program starts, I'd like to establish the connection to the device and reset it. Unfortunately this takes a few seconds. During this time, I'd like to disable the interface to the user.
Usually when I press a button, I can tell the appropriate event to "hang" the application until the event was completed.
How would I do this, when the application starts?

[Dennis_Knutson]

What about using the Set Busy function on the cursor palette? There's an input to disable mouse clicks and the hourglass cursor is pretty universally accepted.

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 09-11-2006 08:28 AM

[Thomas L.]

Thank you for the example. That does exactely what I've been looking for 🙂