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In article <371F06EF.1C2628DE@infn.it>, fonti@infn.it says...
> In a thread, you can use sleep(millisecs) or wait(millisecs) to suspend
> the activity.
> But, how can you force the main application to sleep for a given time ?
> The compiler doesn't allow calling these methods in the main
> application: you can use them only in a trhead.
> Luigi Fonti.
> 
> 
> 
What is the goal?  Are you trying to make your app unavailable for a 
period of time?  There are ways to simulate putting the app to sleep, but 
it will appear to the user as if it has hung.  Are you sure you don't 
just want to make it unavailable for normal use while it counts down the 
time, perhaps having a "resume" button to "wake it up" again?  This is 
also doable, but of course the entire app isn't really "sleeping" 
(otherwise you couldn't see the countdown or have a "resume" button that 
is active).

Tad Frysinger (TeamB)