In article <99ddf4e1-d327-4fb1-aee4-aa881de3b...@d23g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, Iain <i...@kandaba.com> wrote: > >I'm writing a system tray application for windows, and the app needs >to poll a remote site at a pre-defined interval, and then process any >data returned. > >The GUI needs to remain responsive as this goes on, so the polling >needs to be done in the background. I've been looking into Twisted as >a way of achieving this, but can't seem to get anything to loop >successfully. > >Does anyone have any pointers that they might be able to give me?
You might prefer trying out threads instead; there's a simple Tkinter example in http://www.pythoncraft.com/OSCON2001/index.html -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I support family values -- Addams family values" --www.nancybuttons.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
