IupLoopStep in Windows is just like that without the "while".
Best,
Scuri
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Andrew Robinson <arobinso...@cox.net>
wrote:
> I was wondering what I would do when faced with this same situation myself
> within a messaging OS like Windows, and while I have not run into that
> situation with IUP yet, I believe the solution would be the same as when
> not using IUP:
>
> while ( PeekMessage(&msg, NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE) ) {
> TranslateMessage(%msg);
> DispatchMessage(%msg); }
>
> This code would be inserted in your callback process triggered by your IUP
> component.
>
> I don't believe this in an IUP issue, no matter what OS you are using.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> On 2/24/2017 at 6:56 AM, Antonio Scuri <antonio.sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To be able to interact with the interface the application must return
> the control to the system even if for just a moment. The IupLoopStep
> function does exactly that.
>
> So if you have a long processing, you can call IupLoopStep periodically
> so the system can process pending messages, including drawing controls,
> clicking on buttons, etc. Of course that creates other problems, you must
> disable things in the interface that must not be activated during the long
> process.
>
> One common approach is to use a progress dialog to display processing
> progress information. IupProgressDlg can be used along with IupShow. The
> main dialog can then be disabled with SIMULATEMODAL=Yes.
>
> Best,
> Scuri
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:14 PM, John Spikowski <supp...@scriptbasic.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I use IupLoopStepWait with Script BASIC to give me more control over my
>> interaction with IUP.
>>
>> On Thu, 2017-02-23 at 16:42 -0800, Milind Gupta wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I have a long process that runs when triggerred from a UI. I
>> don't care very much when the UI is not responding for long periods of
>> time. I am although looking for a way to update the text box on the UI and
>> still maintain control in my long process. Also it would be nice if I
>> decide to end the program the cross button functionality still works and
>> closes the program.
>> Is there a way to achieve this without resorting to multi
>> threading?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Milind
>>
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