RE: Getting a complete file list from a removable disc into VFP

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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