Hey Ryan: I have heard of threads before, but am just looking into them now to see if they will work.
On 4/4/09 6:40 PM, "Ryan Joseph" <thealchemistgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you aware of threading or run loops? There is no problem here, you must > share the processor with OS X. Read about those concepts and come back later > with questions. ;) > > On Apr 5, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Pierce Freeman wrote: > >> Hi everyone: >> >> I am getting the beachball of death when I try to run an action that takes >> over a few seconds to complete. Given, the beachball goes away after the >> task is completed - But for lengthy tasks, why can't I just allow the user >> to go along with their work instead of having them wait with the beachball? >> Would this be a problem with memory management, or something else entirely? >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Pierce Freeman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/thealchemistguild%40gmail.co>> m >> >> This email sent to thealchemistgu...@gmail.com > > > Regards, > Josef > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
