#188 ARexx - APPBUSY and APPNOBUSY
(Inspired by YAM equivalent APPBUSY)
APPBUSY
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NAME
AppBusy -- Switch SimpleMail into busy state.
TEMPLATE
TEXT
FUNCTION
Switches Simplemail into busy state and optionally displays a short
text in the status bar. During this state, SimpleMail won't accept
any input.
INPUTS
TEXT - optional, a brief piece of text to display in the status
bar while SimpleMail is in busy state; the maximum length
of the displayable text depends on the width of the
characters used
RETURNS
RC is set to 1 if SimpleMail was already busy.
NOTES (from YAM)
V2.4 introduced the concept of busy levels, meaning the command
is now accumulative: if AppBusy is called several times, an equal
number of calls to AppNoBusy must be made for the application to
return to normal state.
EXAMPLE
/* Turn busy mode on */
'APPBUSY "Please wait..."'
/* Say we are doing something different */
'APPBUSY "Making coffee..."'
/* Turn busy mode off */
APPNOBUSY
APPNOBUSY
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(Inspired by YAM equivalent APPNOBUSY)
APPNOBUSY
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NAME
AppNoBusy -- Bring SimpleMail out of busy state.
TEMPLATE
FUNCTION
Terminates the busy state initiated by APPBUSY .
INPUTS
RETURNS
RC is set to 1 if SimpleMail is still busy.
NOTES (from YAM)
V2.4 introduced the concept of busy levels, which means that if
APPBUSY is called several times in a row, an equal number of
calls to AppNoBusy must be made for the application to return
to normal state.
AppNoBusy is a "safe" command, i.e. it can be called even if
the application is not busy at the time, causing no error.
AmigaPhil
(Raised the priority a bit)