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From: Jonathan Starr
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 03:54

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Does the rendering take a long time?  When Synchronized, I think it is 
monopolizing
the main thread, which handles the User Interface.  So you would cut off 
mouse events, etc.

Bogdan wrote:

>I have a function that renders a Direct3D scene.If I call this function
>periodically through a timer everything works ok.But if I put the same
>function in a thread the application stops responding, or responds with
>a lot of delay, to its own messages(mouse clicks, movement).The thread
>has TP_NORMAL priority, and the function is called using the Synchronize
>method.
>
>Here's some sample code:
>In the thread:
>
>void __fastcall TRenderThread::Execute()
>{
> while(!Terminated)
> {
>  Synchronize(f);
> };
>};
>
>where f  is:
>
>void __fastcall TRenderThread::f(void)
>{
> Render();
>};
>
>And, using a timer:
>
>void __fastcall TMainForm::TimerTimer(TObject *Sender)
>{
> Render();
>}
>
>Render is the function that renders the Direct3D scene.
>
>Bogdan.
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