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Thanks Remy,

I'll have a look at those points. However, it does seem to stop
before the http gets going. Just running the mouse pointer over the form sets it going.
As to putting it in a separate thread. I haven't used threads.
Could you give me a few pointers on how to do this, please.

Cheers,

David


"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote:
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>"David Ayre" <davidcayre@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> The application then downloads a file from my website. However,
>> what happens on other computers is that the form appears and
>> remains blank until I move the mouse pointer over it. Then it
>> springs into life.
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>Indy is a blocking library.  Since you are using it in the main thread,
>while it is downloading, the message queue cannot process new messages,
>including painting messages.  Either drop a TIdAntiFreeze onto the form, or
>else call the form's Update() method in the TIdHTTP's OnWork events, or else
>move the TIdHTTP to a separate thread.
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>> Application->HandleMessage();
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>You are processing only a single message, not all pending messages.  Call
>ProcessMessages() instead of HandleMessage().
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>> sprintf(acCaption,"Downloading %s",acFile);
>> Label1->Caption = acCaption;
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>Try calling the form's Update() method just before calling TIdHTTP::Get().
>That will update the form's display just before TIdHTTP then blocks the
>message queue.
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>Gambit
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