[maixtor]

Hello:

I have a thread running in background dedicated to manage data over http connections. There is someway to show a Dialog Box in HomeScreen from my thread ?

Thanks in advance.

[Ivanov]

    // Get an instance of the UiEngine and place a Dialog in the queue
    // to alert the user of the message in the String data.
    public static void showMessage(String message)
    {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("MyApp:");
        sb.append(":\n");
        sb.append(message);

        Dialog dialog = new Dialog( Dialog.D_OK, sb.toString(), Dialog.OK,
                             Bitmap.getPredefinedBitmap(Bitmap.INFORMATION),
                             Manager.VERTICAL_SCROLL);        
        synchronized(Application.getEventLock())
        {
            Ui.getUiEngine().pushGlobalScreen(dialog, 1, UiEngine.GLOBAL_QUEUE);
        }
    }

change UiEngine.GLOBAL_QUEUE to UiEngine.GLOBAL_MODAL and the dialog will block your thread until its closed

[maixtor]

Thanks, buts there is any way to avoid losing the contents of the background of the screen ?. The actual code replaces the contents of the background with white pixels.

Thanks.

[maixtor]

Hello:

When I try the code above, I got:

"java.lang.IllegalStateException: no application instance"

I think that someting is missing.

Thanks

[Ivanov]

from where are you calling the code?
The behaviour with white background I also mentioned with PopupScreens. Dialogs should work. Also if your application is extending UiApplication you can use

UiApplication.getUiApplication().pushScreen(dialog );

instead of

Ui.getUiEngine().pushGlobalScreen(dialog, 1, UiEngine.GLOBAL_QUEUE);

[maixtor]

I was calling the code from a Thread Class without a Application instance o UiApplication Instance.

[Ivanov]

but how is this Thread created? During boot-up directly in the main()?

[maixtor]

yeap

[Ivanov]

I think that might be the problem. Your thread is not associated with any UiEngine implementations.

I suggest you extend the Application class and start your thread from there.

[maixtor]

Thanks Ivanov, I've extend my application (Thread) from a Application class as you said and the problem as been fixed.

Thanks a lot !