In the upcoming issue of RBD my column explains how to do this sort of thing correctly using threads.
Charles Yeomans On Apr 4, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote: > Its a long non visual process which uses a progress bar and text > control to > keep the user aware of ongoing status. I have an idea it is linked to > DoEvents which gets called in order to redraw the window. I am > going to try > replacing them all with the Window.UpdateNow() method when I get a > chance. > > I am sure that this wasn't such a problem in prior releases ( the > last one I > have been using is 2006R4 ) > > > On 4/4/07 18:32, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Apr 04, 2007, at 17:15 UTC, Daniel Stenning wrote: >> >>> I am getting a situation where my RB app ( in RB2007R2 ) seems >>> to go >>> to sleep >>> and stop its processing, whenever it is not in the foreground and I >>> turn my back. Only clicking a control like a listbox wakes it up. >> >> I've seen such things happen ages ago on Powerbooks that would cycle >> down the processor speed if they thought nothing was going on. >> But I'm >> not sure that's what you're seeing here. What sort of processing >> is it >> doing, and how is it doing it (e.g. thread, timer, or what)? >> >> Best, >> - Joe >> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
