Thats what happens when refer to old notes. It is -1. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kostka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:17 AM Subject: Re: about nilEvent
> "If you supply a value of zero for the timeout parameter, EvtGetEvent > returns the event currently in the queue, or, if there aren't any events in > the queue, it immediately generates and returns a nilEvent." > > evtWaitForever is defined to be "-1" while evtNoWait is defined to be "0". > Passing zero for the timeout parameter will not wait at all for an event to > enter the queue if one is not already there. > > -- > Tim Kostka > http://www.nuprograms.com > > > "Dave Lippincott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 0 is not return immediately, its actually wait for next event. Pass some > > number other than 0. Don't think of the parameter as the 'time out' value > > but rather as how long will EvtGetEvent wait until generating a nilEvent > > (with 0 being 'forever') > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
