I agree, separate apps are usually much easier to deal with. I have a client that has a FPDOS app that sends data to a VFP app that uses automation to generate Excel and Word docs, PDF them, and then another VFP app that will email those docs through GMail.
Fred On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Peter Cushing <[email protected] > wrote: > Sytze de Boer wrote: > > I've been wondering about multi-threading > > I don't know if I completely understand this process and I wonder if > > someone here can throw some light on this > > > > In my app, there is 1 module where people have to wait from 5 to 15 secs > > for the system to complete a process > > (emailing a statement or invoice or quote) > > i.e. it has to select the information, create a pdf and email it, using > CDO > > via a Gmail account > > > > Is this a process that I could divert to a second "thread" so my app can > > carry on with what ever happens after the "slow" process ? > > Is that what multi-threading is about ? > > > > > Hi Sytze, > > Instead of multi threading a different option could be to have a > different app running in the background or on another machine that does > all the processing for you. Your main app puts an entry in a queue and > the back office app does the select, creates the pdf and email and sends > it. We do that here and it works great. Reports that take a while to > run get processed in the background and don't hold the user up at all. > There are lots of advantages to doing it that way. > > Peter > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Rajan Imports has changed - we are now Whispering Smith Ltd. For more > information see our website at www.whisperingsmith.com > > > Please update your address book with my new email address: > [email protected] > > . > > This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom it > is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in law. > Unauthorised use, copying or > disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this > message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. > > www.whisperingsmith.com > > Whispering Smith Ltd > Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 > Fax:0161 831 3715 > London Office:17-19 Foley Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajcbkspp1tavedhextwty_zsdceze4oq7onogdxt1caqpfw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
