widget.newProgressView() Early comments/bugs/requests

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#21

Hi Ivo,

At this time, ProgressView isn’t designed for counting down, only up. You can probably add this feature yourself (in the open-sourced widget code), but I’d suggest you just build a custom life/time countdown bar. There are various tutorials out there if you need them, or you can just design it yourself without too much difficulty.

Regards,

Brent

#22

Hi Brent,

Thanks for your explanation.

I will build my own countdown bar then.

However it would be nice if the widget was extended in a way that it could be used as a countdown bar.

Thx again,

Ivo

#23

Hi Ivo,

I apologize, I actually cited this incorrectly. ProgressView, in fact, can be used to “count down” using the following code:

[lua]

object:setProgress( object:getProgress() - amountToReduce )

[/lua]

Obviously, “object” is your ProgressView widget, and all you need to do is get the current value (using “:getProgress”), subtract a value, and the set the progress again using “:setProgress()”.

Take care,

Brent

#24

Hi Brent - this does not seem to work.  I also have noted you can’t seem to reduce the progress.  Any other ideas/work arounds?

#25

Hi Greg,

There seems to be a glitch here. I just filed a bug report with the engineers and they’ll investigate soon…

Brent

#26

Hi Brent - this does not seem to work.  I also have noted you can’t seem to reduce the progress.  Any other ideas/work arounds?

#27

Hi Greg,

There seems to be a glitch here. I just filed a bug report with the engineers and they’ll investigate soon…

Brent