Hi Peter, I think this is a case where you want the text processing to go on in a separate thread, if you want other functions of your program to run at the same time. If you go this way, don't process the text of the richedit directly - you can't do things with a visual control in a thread, unless you do it through the synchronize() call. So copy the text you want to process into a string or a stream, then pass that to the thread as you create it. When the thread is done, copy the processed text back into the richedit.
If you don't want to use a thread for some reason, the poor man's way is to call Application.ProcessMessages from time to time during your processing, but this can cause trouble, for instance if the user tries to close the form while it is processing. You have to disable controls on the form during the processing, and prevent the form closing by implementing the OnCloseQuery event: if Screen.Cursor = crHourglass then CanClose := False; This is using screen.cursor to signal that the form is busy: screen.cursor := crHourglass try // do your processing here finally screen.cursor := crDefault end; Unless you want the user to watch the text processing as it happens, in this strategy don't process the control's text directly either. This approach probably will only work if nothing else is happening in your application. HTH Walter At 02:18 PM 5/7/2006, you wrote: >Hi guys! > >I use RichEdit in my Application. Some of the text operation what I provide >on the text takes longer time. >During those operations I cannot move the window, when I start something >only the RichEdit window is >refreshing, so the applications other parts are very ugly. Similarly, I run >this RichEdit application from my other >program. After starting the named operations on the called RichEdit >application and I go back to the first program >the RichEdit freezes and I have to kill it. After it I receive windows >application error from the system (W'XP). > >How can I handle this things (refreshing the whole application during >RichEdit operation, and running the caller >program during running the called program's RichEdit application)? > >Thanks, > >Peter > > >_______________________________________________ >Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi /* C. Walter Ogston [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
