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Thanks Remy,

That seemed to get it working OK, but I'd still appreciate some pointers as to how to use Threads.

Cheers,

David


"David Ayre" <davidcayre@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>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
>>news:44bf7f5b$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>> Application->HandleMessage();
>>
>>You are processing only a single message, not all pending messages.  Call
>>ProcessMessages() instead of HandleMessage().
>>
>>> sprintf(acCaption,"Downloading %s",acFile);
>>> Label1->Caption = acCaption;
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>Gambit
>>
>>
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