Re: How to do VB's DoEvent in VC win32?

From:
"William DePalo [MVP VC++]" <willd.no.spam@mvps.org>
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microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:14:33 -0400
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Igor Tandetnik a ?crit :
"Boki" <bokiteam@ms21.hinet.net> wrote in message
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I have a for loop,

In VB version, I can do like this:

1. text1.refresh
2. DoEvents

but in VC win32, how to do that?


MSG msg;
while (PeekMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
    if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) {
        PostQuitMessage(msg.wParam);
        break;
    }
    TranslateMessage(&msg);
    DispatchMessage(&msg);
}

Anyway, it is generally considered a bad practice to work that way
(either with VB' DoEvents, either with an explicit message pump in
C++). You should Invalidate the window instead.


Invalidating the window only insures that the window will sometime later
receive a WM_PAINT message. If the UI thread is off doing some lengthy chore
(I'm not saying that's a good idea, btw) then a loop like Igor's insures
that the window does npt appear hung to the user.

Regards,
Will

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