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Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update?

From "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update?
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Date 2012-03-30 15:53 +0200
Message-ID <52789668f2UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> (permalink)
References <2cdb947852.Dentrassis@mail>
Organization League of Underpaid, Overworked, Undervalued, and Overwhelmed

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In article <2cdb947852.Dentrassis@mail>,
   Gavin <gc@dentrassis.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering if a better approach is to build a list of all the files 
> to be processed when they are first dragged in, then work through that 
> list (and only start the processing) on the next null poll I receive.

Do it as a task in a 'taskwindow'?  Let the WIMP do the work.

John

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An easy way to let the WIMP update? Gavin <gc@dentrassis.com> - 2012-03-30 14:36 +0100
  Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-30 15:53 +0200
  Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-30 17:18 +0200
    Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Gavin <gav@dentrassis.com> - 2012-04-07 13:51 +0100
  Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-03-31 12:32 +0200
    Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 13:34 +0100
      Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-03-31 15:14 +0200
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-03-31 16:04 +0100
          Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:31 +0200
            Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 10:51 +0100
          Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-03-31 23:46 +0200
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Gerph <gerph@gerph.org> - 2012-03-31 07:32 -0700
      Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-31 23:19 +0200
      Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-04-01 14:25 +0100
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-04-01 22:09 +0100
          Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-04-02 08:21 +0100
            Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-04-02 09:54 +0100
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Gerph <gerph@gerph.org> - 2012-04-01 07:16 -0700
          Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-04-03 21:26 +0100
      Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Gavin <gav@dentrassis.com> - 2012-04-07 13:57 +0100
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-04-07 16:01 +0100
        Re: An easy way to let the WIMP update? Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-07 19:52 +0200

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