Author: Tracy Pearson
Posted: 2011-02-18 at 13:02:17
Grigore Dolghin wrote on 2011-02-18:
> hProcess = str2long( Substr( cProcessInfo, 1, 4))
> Do While .T.
> * Use timeout of TIMEOUT_INTERVAL msec so the display
> * will be updated. Otherwise, the VFP window never repaints until
> * the loop is exited.
> If WaitForSingleObject( hProcess, WAIT_INTERVAL) != WAIT_TIMEOUT
> Exit
> Else
> DoEvents
> Endif
> Enddo
Grigore,
I thought you might like to check on this. The above Do While loop you have
will peg a processor and slow down the process you are waiting for. Adding a
call to the Sleep(1) API or using an INKEY(.1) will keep this from being
resource hungry.
DECLARE Integer Sleep IN WIN32API Integer
Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software
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