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Lesley

data is stored in a csv type file format.
the main vcl thread updates these files with writeeclisive.
then post a message to the thread to update its data.

so the thread is busy. only interrupted if some additional or current data 
is changed
sctp_eventLoop may need to periodically check the message que ?

  while (! Terminated ) {
     if (sctp_eventLoop() < 0)
       break ;
    if(!DoThreadMessage( ) )
        break;
    }

bool __fastcall TMonitorThread::DoThreadMessage(void)
{
if (Terminated) return False;

MSG msg;
ZeroMemory (&msg, sizeof (MSG));
if (PeekMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE ))
   {
   switch(msg.message)
      {
      case WM_QUIT :
           Terminate();
           return False;

      case TM_CLIENTCHANGED :
           RenewItemInfo(msg.lParam);
           break;

(...) etc
      }
   }
return True;
}


--
Michael


"Lesley Anne" wrote in message
> But I can't have the thread sleeping or waiting or anything else that 
> would keep it from processing the library's event loop.  It might be a 
> while before the next time the main unit initiates an outgoing message, 
> but in the meantime, the library still needs to keep looking for incoming 
> messages.  It relies on sctp_eventLoop() being called continuously. 
> Whatever I add into the Execute's while loop has to co-exist peacefully 
> with:
>
>    while (! Terminated ) {
>     if (sctp_eventLoop() < 0)
>       break ;
>    }
>
> and not block that eventLoop from happening.
>
>