On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:32 PM, fourthirtysix <fourthirty...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My problem is: The treeview is supposed to update each time a result is > found (5 times in total, one for each row). I do this to show the user that > progress is being made. Unfortunately, both the data and that statusbar > functions that I am calling wait until all of the intensive data searches > are done before refreshing. > > Basically, it waits until everything is done, and then refreshes. Is GTK > just slow? is it Mono? Is there a way to get the screen to refresh even > though I'm running a heavy load operation between refreshes?
Sounds like you are doing everything on the main GTK+ event loop. This document should explain what's going on and how to remedy it: http://mono-project.com/Responsive_Applications -- Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers _______________________________________________ Gtk-sharp-list maillist - Gtk-sharp-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/gtk-sharp-list