Confused about wxWindow::Update() vs Refresh()

[Robin Dunn]

Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:31:27 +0100 Paul Melis <paul at science.uva.nl> wrote:
> 
> PM> I have a situation in which an event handler (File -> Open) starts the 
> PM> processing of some data by an external library. The library provides 
> PM> progress callbacks which I'm using to drive a progress bar.
> PM> But how can I force redrawing of the progress bar immediately without 
> PM> using Yield()? Is this possible at all?
> 
>  It's possible to redraw it without using wxYield() but it's not possible
> to handle the clicks on the (optional) "Cancel" button without it. So if
> you use this button you have no choice but to call wxYield() unfortunately.

Or run the long running task in a worker thread instead of the gui thread.


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