Trick with another process sounds good. Thanks :)
2011/5/12 Noah Silva <shir...@galapagossoftware.com>
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> I can think of several solutions:
> 1. Don't call application.processmessages, but something else which only
> updates the GUI display (I have seen this mentioned somewhere, but I don't
> remember the name of the call now).
> 2. If you want to allow more than GUI updating, but want to prevent, f.e.
> closing the window, then you can track the status of the IMAP thread, and
> disallow certain things based upon that. For example the OnCloseWindow or
> similar event can prevent the window close if IMAP is busy.
> 3. When you say the IMAP is running "on the control" - is this a GUI
> component version of the IMAP? If so, you should put it in a DataModule
> instead of on the form to solve this problem.
> 4. You could take the extreme approach as I sometimes do, and just put it
> in another *process* which you launch in the background and communicate with
> via the IPC components :) This has the added benefit of automatic queuing.
>
>
> Anyway what I have wanted to see, and still haven't, is a simple example
> for setting/using the OnHeartBeat option from (non GUI) THTTPSend in code.
> (Yes, I know it's probably trivial, but examples help everyone).
>
> Thank you,
> Noah Silva
>
> 2011/5/12 Krzysztof <dib...@wp.pl>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I wanted solve problem with THTTPSend freezing, I always use threads
>> which works perfect. But HTTP is stateless protocol so this was good
>> solution, but how to solve problem with TIMAPSend which must have connection
>> with imap server? I know that exists OnHeartBeat callback event, but I have
>> bad memories with solutions of this kind. In OnHeartBeat event I call
>> Application.ProcessMessages or Application.HandleMessages for GUI
>> refreshing. I get some strange errors sometimes, for example: user try to
>> close control (tabsheet or form) where imap is running, he click 2 or 3
>> times but imap is busy and then my application crash (I supose HeartBeat
>> call ProcessMessages which try to destroy this same control again). Anyone
>> know some tricks for HeartBeat?
>>
>> Regards
>>
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