topic How can I show a &quot;loading&quot; screen while a macro runs? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-can-I-show-a-quot-loading-quot-screen-while-a-macro-runs/m-p/977934#M528725 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to show a loading screen while a macro runs because the macro takes too long.</P><P></P><P>I've tried to set an element with a condition _loading=1 (variable) so when macro starts running I can set the variable to 1 and when it ends to 0 but it seems that the macro does not send variable changes to the document until it ends running.</P><P></P><P>I've also tried to add to the button 2 actions, first set the variable, then run a macro, but I get the same result, the variable is set only after the macro finishes.</P><P></P><P>Do you have any idea how can I make this work?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:40:23 GMT 2015-09-04T15:40:23Z How can I show a "loading" screen while a macro runs? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-can-I-show-a-quot-loading-quot-screen-while-a-macro-runs/m-p/977934#M528725 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to show a loading screen while a macro runs because the macro takes too long.</P><P></P><P>I've tried to set an element with a condition _loading=1 (variable) so when macro starts running I can set the variable to 1 and when it ends to 0 but it seems that the macro does not send variable changes to the document until it ends running.</P><P></P><P>I've also tried to add to the button 2 actions, first set the variable, then run a macro, but I get the same result, the variable is set only after the macro finishes.</P><P></P><P>Do you have any idea how can I make this work?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:40:23 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/How-can-I-show-a-quot-loading-quot-screen-while-a-macro-runs/m-p/977934#M528725 2015-09-04T15:40:23Z