Thanks, think I've finally understood. Will do some tests. I'll also see if I can have the Delphi exe and the mail folder on the same server, that way there is only one server to fail and it will restart the app on reboot.
Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Ben Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 August, YYYY 11:22 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: RE: [DUG]: How do I create a passive listner in Delphi? hi, the situation that you are going to use the app in is the same as the warning example that i described in my original email, ie if the networked server stops telling your app of filesystem changes (for whatever reason, bug/crash/reset), then your app could potentially silently fail (a bad thing). whereas a properly written polling app will (should/more likely) continue working. maybe if you did a couple of test apps, running across a network, and try to simulate error conditions (eg disconnect/reconnect network cable, reset the monitored pc etc). cya, ben --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wasn't aware polling would take so little CPU time, which is good. > However, I'm still trying to understand what the disadvantages are of > using > a downloadable component based on FindCloseChangeNotification? > > Cheers, > Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
