I'm creating a media library service in Pharo. I have a DVDMorph class, with DVD as a model. One feature is to cache a DVD locally as a compressed disk image, which usually takes about 5 minutes. The ways I thought of were: 1. use announcements 2. pass blocks for updating and cancelling 3. immediately return some kind of DiskImageProxy that would stand in for the DiskImage until processing was done, and then replace (maybe with become?). I chose #2 because it seemed the easiest for my simple needs (I don't need multiple views); but it definitely made the API uglier, as I have to pass the update and cancel blocks through 3-4 methods. What do you think would be the best approach? Here's a simplified version of what I wrote (not refactored)... DVDMorph>>cache updateBlock := [ :progress | WorldState addDeferredUIMessage: [ progressMorph contents: progress asString ] ]. [ self dvd cacheUpdating: updateBlock cancelIf: [ self shouldCancel ] ] forkAt: Processor userBackgroundPriority. DVD>>cacheUpdating: aBlock cancelIf: cancelPredicate Resources library importAs: imageFileName after: [ :fileReference | CreateDiskImage from: self deviceFile to: fileReference updating: aBlock cancelIf: cancelPredicate. diskImage := fileReference ]. CreateDiskImage >>from:to:updating:cancelIf: process := PipeableOSProcess command: 'hdiutil create -srcfolder ', from, ' ', to. [ process isComplete ] whileFalse: [ self shouldCancel ifTrue: [ process processProxy sigint. ^ self ]. self updateStatus. (Delay forSeconds: 1) wait ] Thanks. Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/OOP-Managing-a-time-consuming-model-action-from-the-UI... Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.