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    David21u2
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    I can not refresh the forms of my application when I execute the .exe file. Whether I click over my application then the screen seens to be frozen...same result if I do soemthing with another application like web browser...I've tried with refresh() and bringtofront() methods but it doesn't work. I would really apreciate if someone could tell me how to keep the forms updated when it is running... c u soon... David

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      I can not refresh the forms of my application when I execute the .exe file. Whether I click over my application then the screen seens to be frozen...same result if I do soemthing with another application like web browser...I've tried with refresh() and bringtofront() methods but it doesn't work. I would really apreciate if someone could tell me how to keep the forms updated when it is running... c u soon... David

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      David Crow
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      David21u2 wrote:

      I would really apreciate if someone could tell me how to keep the forms updated when it is running...

      How did you initially populate them?

      "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

      "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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        David21u2 wrote:

        I would really apreciate if someone could tell me how to keep the forms updated when it is running...

        How did you initially populate them?

        "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

        "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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        David21u2
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        Hi, Thanks a lot for your help... My issue is the following...when I'm running the .exe file... any further action I do with the mouse, lets say open another application or even click over my application cause that the screen gets frozen...i've added refresh() and Bringtofront() methods but they only work whether I run the application from the Builder IDE... tks in advance for your help... dg

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          Hi, Thanks a lot for your help... My issue is the following...when I'm running the .exe file... any further action I do with the mouse, lets say open another application or even click over my application cause that the screen gets frozen...i've added refresh() and Bringtofront() methods but they only work whether I run the application from the Builder IDE... tks in advance for your help... dg

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          David Crow
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          David21u2 wrote:

          ...cause that the screen gets frozen...

          Instead of what? Is your application doing something at that point?

          "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

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            David21u2 wrote:

            ...cause that the screen gets frozen...

            Instead of what? Is your application doing something at that point?

            "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

            "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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            David21u2
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            Yeah, The application is a cellular networks simulator; some simulations are really heavy computationally speaking that the system I think is unable to refresh the graphical interface...but the curious thing is that only the app's screen gets frozen because the simulation itself keeps working properly; I've verified it because once the overall simulation process finishes then the application screen returns. I've viewed some articles refering to threads but I have no idea how to use them...maybe there is another way !! c u, dg

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              Yeah, The application is a cellular networks simulator; some simulations are really heavy computationally speaking that the system I think is unable to refresh the graphical interface...but the curious thing is that only the app's screen gets frozen because the simulation itself keeps working properly; I've verified it because once the overall simulation process finishes then the application screen returns. I've viewed some articles refering to threads but I have no idea how to use them...maybe there is another way !! c u, dg

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              David Crow
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              David21u2 wrote:

              ...some simulations are really heavy computationally speaking that the system I think is unable to refresh the graphical interface...I've verified it because once the overall simulation process finishes then the application screen returns.

              Put these computations into a worker thread.

              "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

              "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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                David21u2 wrote:

                ...some simulations are really heavy computationally speaking that the system I think is unable to refresh the graphical interface...I've verified it because once the overall simulation process finishes then the application screen returns.

                Put these computations into a worker thread.

                "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

                "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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                David21u2
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                well, could you give me please additional insight how to do that...i've never use such threads so a tutorial or maybe a sample file could be useful... : ) tks dg

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                  well, could you give me please additional insight how to do that...i've never use such threads so a tutorial or maybe a sample file could be useful... : ) tks dg

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                  David Crow
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                  See here.

                  "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

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                    See here.

                    "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown

                    "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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                    David Gonzalez G
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                    tks a lot for your help...I'm gonna go over that inmediately... c u around.. dg

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                      Hi, Thanks a lot for your help... My issue is the following...when I'm running the .exe file... any further action I do with the mouse, lets say open another application or even click over my application cause that the screen gets frozen...i've added refresh() and Bringtofront() methods but they only work whether I run the application from the Builder IDE... tks in advance for your help... dg

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                      maybe your frequent refresh leads to the frosen, try to create a thread to refresh :)

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                        maybe your frequent refresh leads to the frosen, try to create a thread to refresh :)

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                        David Gonzalez G
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                        hi, do ou have a sample code showing how to do that... I've never used threads and I found it a bit complicated... well, tks a lot for your help... c u around, dg

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                          hi, do ou have a sample code showing how to do that... I've never used threads and I found it a bit complicated... well, tks a lot for your help... c u around, dg

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                          favorxx
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                          Multithreading Tutorial[^] you can download the code here,although it isn't in c++ builder. It is written by api, hope it helpful. anyway, i think the code in msdn is also valuable.

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                            Multithreading Tutorial[^] you can download the code here,although it isn't in c++ builder. It is written by api, hope it helpful. anyway, i think the code in msdn is also valuable.

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                            favorxx
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                            another good article for you Threads with MFC[^]

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                              another good article for you Threads with MFC[^]

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                              David Gonzalez G
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                              Hi, I dont know whether there are some issues implementing threads by means of MFC in Borland C++ Builder. I have found some problems with CWinThread class in Builder... have you some additional comments regarding it ? tks a lot for your help...

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                                Hi, I dont know whether there are some issues implementing threads by means of MFC in Borland C++ Builder. I have found some problems with CWinThread class in Builder... have you some additional comments regarding it ? tks a lot for your help...

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                                MFC is a part of Visual C++, not for C++ builder, maybe the idea is useful. If you do not want to use api or read codes in visual c++, please use TThread in c++ builder. there is an example contained in c++ builder D:\Program Files\Borland\CBuilder6\Examples\Apps\Threads you can file->new->others->thread object to create a new thread, See more in help file of TThread

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