Bobby Clarke wrote: > I wonder if this is a Delphi thing or a Windows thing.
It's neither. It's a PowerPoint thing. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=powerpoint+pauses+loses+focus > I have noticed > that when any application losses focus, then the Windows are not > updated. For example, if you have an active progress gauge and go and do > something else, the gauge apparently stops. It does not restart even if > the window gets focus, until the event is complete, when the gauge jumps > to 100%. > > This is a new "feature" in XP. Changing the hardware accelerator does > not help. I've never noticed such behavior. Are you sure you're not using Windows 3.1? -- Rob
