I'm using IUP with a FFI interface and IupLoopStepWait() has worked
great from me. I also filter mouse movement callbacks to not overload
my custom event processing loop.
On Fri, 2017-02-24 at 13:56 -0300, Antonio Scuri wrote:
> IupLoopStep in Windows is just like that without the "while".
>
> Best,
> Scuri
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Andrew Robinson
> t> 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
> > ic.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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