Indicator is a small window that is displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen when the scripts are being executed which displays the information about the processes taking place at the given moment of time. With the help of the Indicator object, we can display our messages in this window.
In order to display messages in the Indicator window we need to perform the following steps:
- The following script demonstrates basic possibilities of work with Indicator:
function testIndicator() { Indicator.PushText("Waiting for ABCD process..."); Log.Message(Indicator.Text); if(!Sys.WaitProcess("ABCD", 10000).Exists) { Log.Message("Process not found"); } Indicator.Clear(); aqUtils.Delay(5000, "Waiting 5 seconds..."); Indicator.Hide(); aqUtils.Delay(5000, "Waiting 5 more seconds..."); Indicator.Show(); } - This function will first show the
Waiting for ABCD process...message and put the message from theIndicatorobject to log. - Then
Indicator.Textwill be cleared and a new messageWaiting 5 seconds...will be shown. - The last message sent to the
Indicatorobject,Waiting 5 more seconds..., will not be visible since we hide the wholeIndicatorobject before posting it.
With the help of the PushText method, we place the text into the Indicator object that is possible to be read via the Text property. The Clear method clears the text in the Indicator object. The
Hide and Show methods allow hiding and displaying anew the Indicator object on the screen.
If you would like to create a delay in the script with the help of the aqUtils.Delay method, you can also place an arbitrary text into the Indicator object, having passed it through the second parameter to the Delay method.