[Gambas-user] Smooth Scrolling (not happening)

[M0E Lnx]

Hi all,

Some of you may have seen my project... a GUI installer for VectorLinux.
I've gotten the functionality parts to work, and it's all good. I do
have one annoyance that I can't shake and this is where I need help.

While packages are being installed, I have a scrollview that scrolls
through the credits of all the people making the distro possible. Sort
of like movie credits.
The names come from a text file, and each name is turned into a
textlabel inside the scrollview. A timer object automatically handles
the scrolling (set to 25-50).

The problem is that I need this to sroll while a bunch of shell
commands run in the background.
These shell commands being executed are really packages being
installed, so depending on the size of the package, the system may
take longer to free up the process object.

The timer object lags while the shell process is running in the
background, so the scrolling is not smooth at all.
The timer object and its event are not at all related to the function
that runs the shell processes. It resides on a separate function on a
separate module.

Any one have any pointers I could follow?

Thanks