RE: [gtk-list] Progress bar widget

["Arjan J. Molenaar" <arjan xirion nl>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhfreeman [mailto:rhfreeman@micron.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 4:03 PM
> To: 'gtk-list@redhat.com'
> Subject: [gtk-list] Progress bar widget
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> HELP! This is driving me mad....
> 
> I am trying to use a progress bar - but I can't get it to 
> appear when it
> should! The source has been heavily "based" :) upon the example from
> testgtk.c.
> 
> I call create_progress_bar() and then start loading in a file 
> - but only
> when the file has finished loading and the main widget is 
> updated does the
> progress bar appear. I have tried using...
> 
> gtk_widget_show_all();
> gtk_widget_show();
> gtk_widget_draw();
> 
> ...but none of them make it appear when the function is 
> actually called.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
You should run the main loop every now and then:

while (gtk_event_pending ())
	gtk_main_iteration ();

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