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Scott Ottesen wrote:
> 
> Hi-
> 
> I've been working with JBuilder in Windows 95/NT.  Does anyone know of a
> way to have Java check for Windows messaging (much like the Delphi
> System.ProcessMessages) or is there a way to construct an "interupt"
> inside a WHILE loop to do things like refresh the canvas or process a
> button click?  I'm trying to build a Cancel button inside an import
> routine I wrote, but as it runs, it's stuck running until completion
> (which doesn't need to happen in this case).

You need a separate thread to listen for user interface events and
interrupt the processing loop when necessary. (Interruption can be in
the form of setting boolean flags that the processing code periodically
checks against.)