Marquee Application

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PowerBuilder Marquee Application!

Can be used with or without the STD Framework!

        Software Tool & Die Inc. are very pleased today to announce a brand new version of the PowerBuilder Marquee (2024R2) application for use with any PowerBuilder, PowerClient or PowerServer application! This application will super impose an animated Marquee on top of any PB based open Window to show the application user that the application is still processing in the background even though it might look disabled!

Animated "Arrow" Marquee

    This first version has been built using PB 2022 R3 and is designed to be run in its own process. Thus, allowing the animation to continue while the PB Application is in a "wait state" within a long running process (ie: a long - loop, database activity, file I/O, etc. operations).

• Built using PB2022 R3 build 3356.
  
• Integrated into the STD Integrated Framework version 2024 R2
  
• Can be configured by its INI to display any one of 5 built-in animations.
• Can be recompiled to add any animations that the PB developer wants to use.
• Can be called from any PB App without having to use the STD Framework!
  
• Automatically centers itself & on top of, the calling Window class
  
• Can be called via PB Send() command to terminate the animation at anytime.
• Supported in the STD Framework 2024 R2 version via the new "of_start_marquee" and "of_stop_marquee" methods within the ancestor Application Controller NVUO (nc_app_controller_master).
  
• .Will run the animated marquee semi-transparently to allow the calling window to be fully viewed while the animation is in progress.
  

 

Example: "Radar" Marquee running in the STD Demo App!

Built in animated GIF's ...

• 1 = Arrows.gif
• 2 = Balls.gif
• 3 = Blocks.gif
• 4 = Radar.gif
• 5 = Velocity.gif

    Software Tool & Die have also recently updated the STD Integrated framework to handle Marquee Application automatically. You can download both the Marquee and OrderEntry Demo App for PB 2022 R3 build 3356, as follows:

Marquee:  Download  (Release Candidate)   OrderEntry:  Download  

    Enjoy ... please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions for features that you might like in future versions!

Regards ... Chris