journal listing window sleep than close issue

[multicaduser]

In writing a journal I would like to write some lines to the listing window, display if for a number of seconds, then close the window. This is the code I'm using which I found on NXJournaling.com (an awesome web site).

Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
lw.CloseWindow()

The lines writing to the listing window are just above this code, however, instead of the writing the lines to the listing window then sleeping it sleeps first then writes the lines and closes the listing window.

Am I using this code wrong or is there something else being overlooked.

NX 12.0.1.7 Windows 10

 

[cowski]

The sleep command will stop all processing in your code for the given amount of time. Writing something to the info window then automatically closing it after a couple of seconds seems like it may aggravate your users. If you truly want to do this, I'd suggest calling the .UpdateListingWindow method before calling the sleep method. This should force the window to update.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[multicaduser]

Thanks, works like a charm. You're right about the interface aggravation, but it's good to know this answer anyway. Just finishing up my first hand rolled journal (no, I never learned vb until now). By hand rolled I mean stolen from many sources and tweaked. Thanks again for the help.

NX 12.0.1.7 Windows 10