On 3 Nov 2011, at 17:14, David wrote: > I need a popup window that is there for show only, because in the same thread > I need to do a bunch of work that will take a long time and can't sit in > message loop. So I create a window, put text on it, show the window, but it > won't show without flush or wait, but wait(0) does the same as one flush no > matter how many times called (window shows but no text). Basicaly, show a > pop up, then go do something for a long time that won't call wait, then when > done, close the popup, then maybe do something for a while before getting > back to the main loop. On close, the window goes but the background > doesn't get drawn when using flush or wait(0). > > Fl_Window *win=new Fl_Window(x,y,w,h); > Fl_Box *box=new Fl_Box(x,y,w,h,text); > win->show(); > > (need it to show here without waiting too long) > > do lots of stuff that takes a long time and can't call wait() > > win->hide(); > > (need it to go away here without waiting too long) > > delete win; > > (maybe do other stuff without the wait()).
I'd go for threads here to do this. But I realise not everyone thinks that's a good idea... _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
