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Thank you Steve, now it works fine!

/ Simon


Steve Horsley wrote in message <35D941CF.4262@cwcom.co.uk>...
>I'm new to Java, so I could be wrong about this - have a think about it
>though.
>If ayone can confirm what I'm saying, I'd like to know.
>
>With C++Builder, the main() thread is the one that handles all the
>screen updates,
>processing repaint messages etc. when it is idle. If a second thread
>changes
>something that causes a visible change, this change only gets repainted
>once the
>main thread is idle. I found this out the hard way. The secret is to
>make sure
>the main() thread is never involved in any lengthy work - always create
>other
>threads to do the slow work.
>
>I am guessing that maybe the same is true in Java, in which case you
>really want
>a third thread to do your query, leaving the original thread to process
>screen
>repaints etc. while the second thread does pretty animations.
>
>Regards, Steve.