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Re: wait loop [message #26650 is a reply to message #26645]

Thu, 20 September 2001 05:52

ronn
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in article 9ocd41$mis$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de, Dominik Paul at
dpaul@ukl.uni-freiburg.de wrote on 9/20/01 5:28 AM:

> we would like to check a directory, if there is a file every 10 oder 20
> minutes in an IDL programm For this we would like to use a waitung funktion,
> in a loop, which doesnt cost to much processor time.
>
Dom,

What you want to use is a timer event for widgets. This doesn't use any cpu
time until the event fires off. If you don't have any widgets as part of
your program you can still create a simple base and keep map=0 so that it
never becomes visible.

-Ronn

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		Re: wait loop By: Dominik[1] on Thu, 20 September 2001 06:03
		Re: wait loop By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 September 2001 06:53
		Re: wait loop By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 September 2001 06:51
		Re: wait loop By: R.Bauer on Thu, 20 September 2001 06:17
		Re: wait loop By: ronn on Thu, 20 September 2001 05:52
		Re: wait loop By: Dominik[1] on Thu, 20 September 2001 04:41
		Re: wait loop By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 20 September 2001 05:28
		Re: wait loop By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 20 September 2001 05:25
		Re: wait loop By: pit on Thu, 20 September 2001 05:20
		Re: wait loop By: R.Bauer on Thu, 20 September 2001 04:41

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