I think you should definitely try to get the loop working in another
thread. I know it can be tricky, especially if you are dealing with
some thread unsafe classes, but it is worth it and will likely be very
beneficial in the future. (On an utterly unrelated aside, this looks
interesting: h
On 11 Jun 2008, at 2:40 pm, j o a r wrote:
On Jun 10, 2008, at 3:17 AM, Graham Cox wrote:
though out of curiosity I wonder if there is a way to do this
"cooperatively" on the main thread without having to break up the
loop doing the actual work. For example, in Carbon one can run the
ev
On Jun 10, 2008, at 3:17 AM, Graham Cox wrote:
though out of curiosity I wonder if there is a way to do this
"cooperatively" on the main thread without having to break up the
loop doing the actual work. For example, in Carbon one can run the
event loop for a short period or just for one ev
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In this case I can do that... though out of curiosity I wonder if there is a
> way to do this "cooperatively" on the main thread without having to break up
> the loop doing the actual work. For example, in Carbon one can run
On Jun 10, 2008, at 03:17, Graham Cox wrote:
In this case I can do that... though out of curiosity I wonder if
there is a way to do this "cooperatively" on the main thread without
having to break up the loop doing the actual work. For example, in
Carbon one can run the event loop for a sho
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions - basically I have to run my loop on a thread,
> seems to be what you're both saying.
>
> In this case I can do that... though out of curiosity I wonder if there is a
> way to do this "cooperatively"
Thanks for the suggestions - basically I have to run my loop on a
thread, seems to be what you're both saying.
In this case I can do that... though out of curiosity I wonder if
there is a way to do this "cooperatively" on the main thread without
having to break up the loop doing the actual
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do I give some time to the event loop while I'm running my own loop?
See here for a recent discussion:
http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/cocoa/2008/6/5/209308
Hamish
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On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Graham Cox wrote:
I have a lengthy routine that I'd like to show a progress bar for.
The routine runs in a while() loop, and calls a delegate which
implements the progress update. My progress window opens OK but
nothing gets updated, though I know that it's get
