error doesn't stop progress indicator

[jimlongo]

What’s wrong with this simple picture? on an error the wheel still keeps spinning.

	try
			start progress indicator "progress_wheel"
		on error
			stop progress indicator "progress_wheel"	
		end try

Thanks, Jim

[jonn8]

First, are you properly targeting the container of the progress item (e.g., … of window “main”)? Second, it would help if you caught the error and displayed it (or logged it) so you know what the problem is:

try
start progress indicator “progress_wheel” of window “main”
delay 3
get “nosuchfile” as alias –do something that will definitely cause an error
on error the_error
stop progress indicator “progress_wheel” of window “main”
log the_error
–display dialog the_error default button “OK”
end try

Jon

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[dmccoy26]

I had mine set to functions and they seem to work great.

on showStatus(theWindow)
	tell theWindow
		set visible of progress indicator "progress" to true
		set uses threaded animation of progress indicator "progress" to true
		start progress indicator "progress"
	end tell
end showStatus

on hideStatus(theWindow)
	tell theWindow
		set visible of progress indicator "progress" to false
		stop progress indicator "progress"
	end tell
end hideStatus

and this is how i start the progress indicator.

else if name of theObject is "show progress" then
		showStatus(window of theObject)
end if

[jimlongo]

First, are you properly targeting the container of the progress item (e.g., … of window “main”)? Second, it would help if you caught the error and displayed it (or logged it) so you know what the problem is:

I think so . . . it’s inside the main window. The wheel starts to spin, it just doesn’t stop with the error. The error I am trying to catch is an incorrect password (-927), but any error would do if it would just stop the wheel.

on clicked theObject
	tell window of theObject

try
	start progress indicator "progress_wheel"
	delay 3
	on error number errnum
		if errnum = -927 then
			stop progress indicator "progress_wheel"
		end if
end try

[jonn8]

If this doesn’t work, try cleaning your target and rebuilding:

on clicked theObject
tell window of theObject
try
start progress indicator “progress_wheel”
delay 3
–there is nothing here to cause an error so let’s create one:
get “nosuchfile” as alias
stop progress indicator “progress_wheel”
log “finished”
on error the_error
stop progress indicator “progress_wheel”
log the_error
end try
end tell
end clicked

Jon

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