On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Michael Schnell wrote:
> > > There is TCustomApplication in fcl/inc/custapp. The Lazarus TApplication > > descends > > from it. All you need to do is create a descendent of TCustomApplication > > which > > can implement all the messaging you wish for... > > > I took a look at TCustomApplication. Same does not provide anything that is > related to scheduling (e.g.: ProcessMessages), but everything else that > TApplication has. Supposedly the scheduling stuff is added by Lazarus. > > So the way to go is > (1a) do the scheduling stuff based on messages in it's own object. > (1b) do TApplication as a descendant of TCustomApplication and have it use the > scheduling object. > (1c) do TTimer in a way that it sends messages to the main thread. > (1d )do TThread.Synchronize in a way that it sends messages to the main > thread. TThread.Synchronize does not need to be changed. You can set a series of callbacks (from classes unit) which you can then use to configure the whole synchronize issue... > and later > (2a) do TSchedThread as a descendant of TThread in a way that it uses the > scheduling object. (it will have things like TSchedThread.Run and > TSchedThread.ProcessMessages). > (2b) do TTimer in a way that when used with TSchedThread it sends it's > messages to the appropriate thread Seems correct. And all this cross-platform, of course :-) Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
