On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:22:53 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> >
> > > Do you know the TThread.Synchronize eventloop hooks ? (WakeMainThread and
> > > friends). I think this can be done similarly ?
> >
> > I was thinking along the following lines: the server object
> > hooks in the Idle handler of the application, and when the
> > application goes idle, it checks if a message is available.
> > if so, it reads it and calls OnMessage.
>
> This is not enough. The "hook" you describe is a CheckMessage procedure.
> You also need a procedural var (like WakeMainThread), which the gtk and
> win32 widgetsets can handle when a new message arrives, and thus to "wake"
> the main thread loop waiting for a user action.
>
> Otherwise all ipc message would be ignored until the user does something
> (not what you want most of the cases).
But isn't that is what the Idle handler is for ?
It's called when the user does nothing ?
That is how all actions work, after all...
Michael.
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