[futurebasic] Re: [FB] HANDLEEVENTS?

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From: Peter Bancroft <peter@...>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 05:48:54 +1100
How do we do that in FB, or is it business as usual with HANDLEEVENTS.

How do I set a link in FB. What is the event model that we should be moving
toward?


>It means that there are additional hooks for preemptive multitasking.
>(i.e. you can set a link to automatically call you for a window
>update instead of passing thru an event loop.) It does not nullify
>HANDLEEVENTS. It does not mean that we can't process preemptive tasks
>thru our HANDLEEVENTS key word.
>
>>  >>It looks like HANDLEEVENTS will disappear under OSX.
>>  >>
>>  >>How do we deal with this as FB programmers? STAZ Andy anyone?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >Huh!?! It's not going away.
>>
>>OK STAZ
>>
>>What does the following mean then?
>>
>>
>>============================================================
>>
>>      A P P L E    D E V E L O P E R    C O N N E C T I O N
>>
>>                           N E W S
>>
>>                   Issue 224    October 6, 2000
>>
>>============================================================
>>                     Mac OS X Tips & Tricks
>>            Moving Your Code to Mac OS X: Preemption
>>
>>The older "polling for events" model imposed by WaitNextEvent is no
>>longer necessary under Mac OS X. Carbon and Cocoa applications
>>running in Mac OS X can use the new Carbon Event model that will
>>allow for more efficient use of processor time. With Carbon Events,
>>the event model has changed: instead of your application polling for
>>events to discover changing conditions it must respond to, your
>>application is called upon as events you wish to respond to arise.
>>
>>For more information about moving your code to Mac OS X, please see
>>http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2003.html.
>>
>>Peter           mailto:peter@...
>>
>>
>>
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