Re: Cannot hide dialog until signal handler exits

[The Saltydog <thesaltydog gmail com>]

On 8/13/05, Pseudo Nym <pseudo nym ukgateway net> wrote:
> The signal handler for a button in my main window launches a file
> chooser dialog, then processes the selected files.
> I try to hide the dialog during processing with 'gtk_widget_hide
> (dialog);' but this does not take effect until the signal handler exits.
> Is there a way to hide the dialog immediately to show the progress bar
> in the underlying window?

just destroy the dialog before starting the long processing routine
(save needed variables before).