Re: Sleep() doesn't work as I'd expect

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From: Ron Sawyer
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:00

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Try a call to Application->ProcessMesssages in the main program loop.


"Chris Phillips" <chris.phillips@corusgroup.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have an application with 3 threads to it.  One thread is simply
processing
> serial IO but must run close to real-time - I have given it priority
> tpTimeCritical.  This thread is executed by the main program.  However, if
> the main program is doing something processor intensive (such as
retreiving
> a number of database records), then my Comms thread doesn't get a look in
> until the processor intensive part has finished.  I have put a Sleep
command
> into the processor intensive loop thinking that it will allow the Comms
> thread to continue with its stuff, but to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

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