Declined Unblocking option for MSGBOX?

[yjchung]

I'd love to be able to throw in MSGBOX commands in my script in a nonblocking way so that the script can continue without waiting for user to close the dialog.

 

[Mr. Jiggs]

Will the /Tn option do what
you want ?
If not you could open another window (session) to display what you want.

Mr. Jiggs

yjchung wrote:




I'd love to be able to throw in MSGBOX commands in
my script in a nonblocking way so that the script can continue without
waiting for user to close the dialog.

 

[Mr. Jiggs]

Or maybe the OSD or SCREEN commands will fit your
need...

Mr. Jiggs

yjchung wrote:




I'd love to be able to throw in MSGBOX commands in
my script in a nonblocking way so that the script can continue without
waiting for user to close the dialog.

 

[yjchung]

What I want to use MSGBOX or something similar is that I have a long script that invokes many processes in steps and I want to be able to pop up a message box if there's something interesting. That way, the user can start the script, walk away, come back many hours later and see that something interesting happened while running the script. OSD doesn't stick around and can't be dismissed by the user. SCREEN isn't useful since the message will be scrolled off. For now, I've echoed these messages in eye catching colors so it can be seen when scrolling back through the buffer but it'd be nice if message boxes can be popped off that doesn't require immediate action from the user before the script can continue.

 

[Jim Cook]

It seems there are some event plugins that you may be able to use by
having a monitor process that pops up messages from a file, or some
equivalent mechanism.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:56 PM, yjchung <> wrote:

> What I want to use MSGBOX or something similar is that I have a long script
> that invokes many processes in steps and I want to be able to pop up a
> message box if there's something interesting. That way, the user can start
> the script, walk away, come back many hours later and see that something
> interesting happened while running the script. OSD doesn't stick around and
> can't be dismissed by the user. SCREEN isn't useful since the message will
> be scrolled off. For now, I've echoed these messages in eye catching colors
> so it can be seen when scrolling back through the buffer but it'd be nice if
> message boxes can be popped off that doesn't require immediate action from
> the user before the script can continue.
>
>

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[Mr. Jiggs]

How about using the LOG function, or just TEE the
relevant commands/actions to a "status files" and, at the start of the
script, open another session where you TAIL the log or "status file"...

yjchung wrote:




What I want to use MSGBOX or something similar is
that I have a long script that invokes many processes in steps and I
want to be able to pop up a message box if there's something
interesting. That way, the user can start the script, walk away, come
back many hours later and see that something interesting happened while
running the script. OSD doesn't stick around and can't be dismissed by
the user. SCREEN isn't useful since the message will be scrolled off.
For now, I've echoed these messages in eye catching colors so it can be
seen when scrolling back through the buffer but it'd be nice if message
boxes can be popped off that doesn't require immediate action from the
user before the script can continue.

 

[samintz]

This is a brute force approach:
start tcc /c msgbox ok "Status" my status msg

But having a monitor application run would be the better way to go.

start tcc /c tail /f monitorfile.txt
...
echo My Status Msg >> monitorfile.txt
...
echo My 2nd Status Msg >> monitorfile.txt
...
echo My 3rd Status Msg >> monitorfile.txt

-Scott


"Mr. Jiggs" <> wrote on 09/19/2008 05:20:29 PM:

> How about using the LOG function, or just TEE the
> relevant commands/actions to a "status files" and, at the start of the
> script, open another session where you TAIL the log or "status file"...
>
> yjchung wrote:
>
>
>
>
> What I want to use MSGBOX or something similar is
> that I have a long script that invokes many processes in steps and I
> want to be able to pop up a message box if there's something
> interesting. That way, the user can start the script, walk away, come
> back many hours later and see that something interesting happened while
> running the script. OSD doesn't stick around and can't be dismissed by
> the user. SCREEN isn't useful since the message will be scrolled off.
> For now, I've echoed these messages in eye catching colors so it can be
> seen when scrolling back through the buffer but it'd be nice if message
> boxes can be popped off that doesn't require immediate action from the
> user before the script can continue.
>
>

 

[yjchung]

Thanks for all the suggestions..

For now, I've decided to use "start /c /inv msgbox /n /w OK "Title" Message"
Each tcc session that gets started eats up some memory but as long as I don't end up with a gazillion messages it's fine.

 

[logic]

From: samintz
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Suggestions-t-465] Re: Unblocking option for MSGBOX?

>
> This is a brute force approach:
> start tcc /c msgbox ok "Status" my status msg

Alternately,

DETACH MSGBOX OK "Status" my status msg

Jonathan Gilbert