Performance Design Question

[Stefan Csomor]

Hi Matt

how about using a wxProgressDialog ? in the dialogs sample you find a 
snippet of code to start with ...

HTH

Stefan

matt at kettlewell.net wrote:
> I had a question relating to processing things in a separate "thread"
> from my GUI processing.
>
> Essentially I have a menu item that when pressed, causes about 30-60
> sec. of processing.  When I run this the GUI appears to lock-up to the
> user (no big surprise there).
>
> So my question is:  What are some of the common/best ways to approach
> this?.
>
> 1. I've thought about creating a detached thread that can run and give
> the control back to the user.
>
> 2. Or somehow put the processing into an "idle-event" of some sort (I
> don't know how to do this, but would be interested to see how this
> would be done).
>
> 3.  I could wxYield the code...
>
> 4. The wxWidgets book mentions a way to use a wxTimer of somesort...
>
> Without all my intricate details it would be impossible to know what
> is the best/right solution for me, but in general,  what would be
> considered best practice, and have I missed any others that would be
> benefitial?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
>
>
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