Suspending an application with out using Sleep()

[koumodaki]

I have an application MyApp which spawns 2 process A and B. MyApp cannot communicate to either A or B. MyApp first starts the process A and It has to wait untill A has completed initilization and reaches a stable state which is approx 4 mins. MyApp should remain idle during this time period. After 4 min, MyApp starts process B and should wait for approx 2 min and shutdown. What is the best method for suspending MyApp for the above said duration using very little system resources? I do not want to use Sleep() for this purpose.

[Justin Perez]

I am unsure if this applys to you, but have you considered WaitForSingleObject()?

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[Maxwell Chen]

Use the Event?! WaitForSingleObject(..., 4 minutes, ...).

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[led mike]

koumodaki wrote:

I do not want to use Sleep()

Why not it suspends the thread using very little system resources and so meets your requirements? :confused:

[David Crow]

Perhaps he's afraid that he'll forget to set the alarm and oversleep.

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[Mark Salsbery]

If your app has a UI, and it stays visible during the waiting period, then you could disable the main window for the duration.  Set a one-shot timer to wake it. If there's no UI or you hide the app's UI while it's waiting then there's no reason to Sleep() - it won't be doing anything.  You still need a way to wake it though. Mark

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