>WaitNextEvent() should throw you into the system event loop, you >shouldn't have to call SystemTask() or anything else.
I was using SystemTask as more of a waste some time here before getting to the WaitNextEvent really, I was just hoping it would be process friendly. > >I'm sure you know this, but just in case... classic Mac OS applications >ran in an environment quite unlike any modern multitasking environment. >They were more like UNIX kernel processes, and had to explicitly yield >the CPU before any action could be taken on their behalf by the OS. >Even in the last versions of Mac OS, multitasking was never an >invisible undercurrent of activity that only troubles a process when it >cares about real-time events or when it has to coordinate itself with >another process. I've programmed various machines and OS with differing process capabilities but I will bear that in mind and it does explain why the system clock can be frozen quite easily! > >But WaitNextEvent (the CPU-friendly version of the original >GetNextEvent) should do everything you need... so long as you get to it >in time. > >I don't know what Spin() looks like, but if it's the event handler for >your networking code it has to call WaitNextEvent or at least >GetNextEvent at least once in every pass through it, and at least once >in a while in every long-running loop. Yes, that is what is does, I have however since the last post traced the problem to a degree anyway, I put it down to [1] the problem was when I was running through the debugger, and [2] I have no mac UI of any sort as I am using Think C's console (so I can printf and see what is going on), this I believe was not supplying any events so the WaitNextEvent was just sitting there. Anyway when my code is run direct it does appear to work, at least to the degree I have it now, I still need to figure out sending and receiving data and trying to work out why I can't get the resolver to work :-( Regards Sean. -- Classic Computing Pages: http://www.megadon.co.uk/syrinx/ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
