Freeze 3ds max UI via SDK

[Anonymous]

Hello. I have a Job(Task) that runs in the separate thread, and I'm showing a progress bar while Job is in a process. While it's working I want to freeze 3ds Max UI. is there a way to do that?

[istan]

Hmm.. Good question. Have no answer handy.

But I'm sure you trigger the background task from a foreground one. Normally my foreground tasks lock the UI as they wait for all background tasks (e.g. via multiwait) to get finished. Also my foreground task handles dialog updates like progressbars or status informations.