Roger,
On 02 May 2012, at 21:01, Roger Gilliar wrote:
> The following code is blocking the while UI until the whole file is read. Why
> ?
There is only one UI thread. You make it do something that takes a long time,
thus the whole UI is waiting.
> Is there a better way to process large text files ?
>
> Regards
> Roger
>
> |stream inRec|
>
> stream := FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: '/Users/roger/Desktop/d001.txt' .
>
> [stream atEnd] whileFalse: [
> inRec := stream upTo: Character cr.
> Transcript show: '@'.
> ].
>
> stream close.
Yes, try:
[ |stream inRec|
stream := FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: '/Users/roger/Desktop/d001.txt' .
[stream atEnd] whileFalse: [
inRec := stream upTo: Character cr.
Transcript show: '@'.
].
stream close ] fork.
Sven
