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[krh5150]

Hi,

Is there a way to enable/disable buttons pressed on the remote? The reason why I ask is I want to prevent the user from pressing any buttons during certain processing with XML files. If I can disable buttons, I can let the process finish, then enable them once finished.

Thanks,
Kevin

[krh5150]

Another way of explaining this issue is to prevent the user from doing any other action before the XML processing on that web server is done.

[RokuChris]

In these situations, most channels will put up a roMessageDialog without any buttons. http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/roMessageDialog

[squirreltown]

Chris, is any code needed to dismiss the dialog with no buttons? For instance using it in the place of a screenFacade?
thanks

[RokuChris]

"squirreltown" wrote:
Chris, is any code needed to dismiss the dialog with no buttons? For instance using it in the place of a screenFacade?
thanks

Yes, you'll have to dismiss the dialog programatically. I think that was the OP's point, he wanted a blocking UI element that the user couldn't override. A roMessageDialog is a good choice for that situation because it gives you a way to tell the user why they're being forced to wait.

As a matter of best practice, you should do everything you can to minimize blocking situations like that though. They don't make for a very good user experience and the user always has the option of hitting the HOME button to exit the channel.