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Par2: Running a process in the background 2004-12-20 -- Lee White What I've always done in cases where I want a background process to
STAY in the background is to start it on its own thread when the app
is loaded. I then put it to sleep and wake it up whenever it's needed
by setting the TIMER on the hidden window.
--global equates--
EVENT:Sleep EQUATE(500h)
EVENT:Wake EQUATE(501h)
MyProc PROCEDURE
Window Window...Timer(1)
END
CASE EVENT()
OF EVENT:OpenWindow
POST(EVENT:Sleep)
OF EVENT:Sleep
0{PROP:Timer} = 0
OF EVENT:Wake
< do any housekeeping here >
0{PROP:TImer} = 1
OF EVENT:Timer
< do processing >
...
END
When needed, simply POST(EVENT:Wake,,
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