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Re: how to check if a loop fails [message #66261 is a reply to message #66260]

Sun, 26 April 2009 09:21

xiao zhang
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hmm.....David, I tried the processbar like this:

for j=0,7 do begin

progressBar = Obj_New("SHOWPROGRESS", /AutoUpDate, Delay=5,
Steps=20)
progressBar->Start
Obj_Destroy, progressBar

.......

endfor

And it does move for the first step but it disappeared after that.
Sigh.....

Xiao

On Apr 26, 10:49 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> xiao writes:
>> I have a loop including several functions and when I run the
>> program, I wait for a long time and the loop is still running. I
>> wonder if the loop is already dead. Any ideas how I can check it?
>
> Checking for error messages comes to mind. :-)
>
> You could also try a progress bar. It it doesn't move for
> 5 or 10 minutes you might conclude your loop was dead:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/widget_tips/show_progress.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: how to check if a loop fails By: xiao zhang on Sun, 26 April 2009 17:50
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