On Aug 2, 2020, at 18:24, MB Software Solutions, LLC <mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the ideas. Honestly, it's the API that's the slow part of the > whole mix. That's the vendor's programmers; out of my control.
How you call the API is under your control, though. I don’t have the first idea how this would be done in VFP, but in general you get around a blocking task by using some async design. The most direct approach would be multiple threads, but some languages have a callback design. One of the reasons that the Go language became wildly popular over the past few years is that is async is a fundamental design in the language: https://medium.com/@gauravsingharoy/asynchronous-programming-with-go-546b96cd50c1. -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/e3c0dc78-fa63-4f99-9300-4396ca75c...@leafe.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
