Animated spinner works in test project but will not work in my plugin project

[David Healey]

@pcs800 You need to post the image here for us to test.

[pcs800]

@David-Healey Oh boy, sorry about that. Here you go.

[David Healey]

@pcs800 It's working here, the only thing I had to do was change the name of the image file to match what you have in the script.

Do you get any error messages in the console?

[pcs800]

@David-Healey No errors in the console, and I get a static image

So the name must be correct?

[pcs800]

@pcs800 Yes the name is correct

[David Healey]

@pcs800 said in Animated spinner works in test project but will not work in my plugin project:

Yes the name is correct

That is not the same as the file you posted elipse_filmstrip1.png (lowercase). But the fact you don't get an error indicates that is probably not the issue (unless you have two files).

Is the timer actually running? - Try Console.print() in the timer callback

[pcs800]

@David-Healey said in Animated spinner works in test project but will not work in my plugin project:

Is the timer actually running? - Try Console.print() in the timer callback

Yes, the timer runs, the frame increments, but repaint() has no visual effect

[David Healey]

@pcs800 can you send me your project?

[young60]

I found a work around to control animations, I load a macro1 LFO and connect it to a dummy slider, then I load my film strip image as a knob and link the dummy to the image strip, that way if I want to change the speed and waveform action I can! It works 100%!

[pcs800]

@David-Healey that is kind of you David, thank you. I will do that tomorrow.

[pcs800]

@David-Healey I sent a link to you in chat.

[pcs800]

@young60 Thanks, I may try that.

[David Healey]

It's working here when I load your project and make the panel visible. How are you testing it?

[pcs800]

@David-Healey press reference, then target, then clone. It should appear during the clone process

[David Healey]

@pcs800 Put Console.print(spinnerFrame); inside the panel's timer callback and you'll see the timer stops as soon as you press clone. I'm guessing there is something in your clone action that is blocking the UI thread.

[pcs800]

@David-Healey How can I find out what is blocking it? I really need this to work, unless the method given by @young60 is easier than troubleshooting this issue.

[David Healey]

@pcs800 said in Animated spinner works in test project but will not work in my plugin project:

How can I find out what is blocking it?

A couple of things you could try

• Comment out bits of the code until the problem goes away.
• Try to make a minimal test project that runs a dummy clone action.

[pcs800]

@young60 how did you connect the LFO to the macro, and how did you link the dummy slider to the filmstrip knob?
Can you provide a snippet?