Just a side note however. When my animate gif stops moving during the PROJECT command, the task manager only shows the CPU running at 12% capacity, far from 100%. So I do not think it is the CPU utilization, but more that the FORM goes into some suspended state while the PROJECT is executing?
-- Thompson Technology Consultants LaPorte, IN 46350 219-363-7441 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Lawrence Lustig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > << > The timer runs in its' own thread, so ProcessMessage should give the message > loop a breather for screen updates. > >> > > Is this true? I was under the impression that the timer was actually run > inside > Windows, which dispatches a message (WM_TIMER, I think) back to the > application's main thread when the timer "goes off". If the main thread is > blocked (as with a long call into the RBENGINE.DLL) it strikes me that the > timer > message might not make it, or might not be seen by the application in a > timely > fashion. > > Have you actually tried this -- setting a timer and then somehow blocking on > the > winmain() thread to see if the timer gets executed? > > If this is the case, I imagine you might be able to work around it by > including > a call to a stored procedure in you SQL statement; a stored procedure that > include a PROCESSMESSAGES statement. But it would slow down your SQL. > -- > Larry > >
