Why don't you write your own message pump with GetMessage? This way you can process your custom messages as well.
Regards, SZ On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:08 AM, info2004 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francois, and Arno, > > >> while not terminated do > >> begin > >> WSocket.MessagePump; > >> // check if I need to do something > >> sleep(100); > >> end; > >> // close it all down > >> Or am I missing the point in the use of the message pump? > > > > Yes, you miss something. The code you've done will be very slow at > > processing events because of the sleep. And it you remove the sleep, it > will > > use all CPU. > OK. > > > > The solution is simple: you need to use a real message loop. Easy: just > call > > MessageLoop which all TWSocket instances have. To terminate the message > > loop, you can post a WM_QUIT message when you detect your thread has > > terminated. > > If I do: > while not terminated do > begin > WSocket.MessageLoop; > // check if I need to do something > end; > // close it all down > > Then my understanding from what you have said is that I only get to the > // check if I need to do something > > when a quit is posted. > > I am running a finite state machine in the execute loop, which marshalls > responses, checks timeouts etc. If I don't exit the message loop, I can't > do this. > > Really sorry if I am missing the point on this. Long hours, fried brain. > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare > > The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) > > http://www.overbyte.be > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be > -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
