Yep. I had a similar situation - in the end, I had to rewrite the lengthy processing code to split the task up and process a couple of items per frame, hooking into the ENTER_FRAME event. That kept the UI responsive, which was my main concern.
2009/2/3 Shyam <shyammohan.sugat...@devicedriven.com>: > so if i write a lengthy (time consuming) operation in my event handler > i will delay flex from calling the listener even if the other network > operations complete....hmmm > > Thanks Paul. > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Andrews" <p...@...> wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shyam" <shyammohan.sugat...@...> >> To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:29 AM >> Subject: [flexcoders] Are flex events really thread safe? >> >> >> > Consider this scenario. >> > >> > >> > i have issued some 5 network calls form the flex client and my >> > complete event Handler is one and the same for all these http calls. >> > >> > can i be 100% sure that two simultaneous controls will never execute >> > the code in my event Handler ? >> >> The flash player only has one thread of execution. >> >> > Putting it another way: how does flex handles event synchronization? >> > >> > i have read up Ted Patrics article on the Elastic Racetrack >> > > (http://www.powersdk.com/ted/2005/07/flash-player-mental-model-elastic.php) >> > but couldnt figure out the answer for the above :( >> > >> > Regards >> > Shyam >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > >
