Tasking (Background tasks)?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 6/9/04 9:44 PM, K wrote:

> 
> This is not something that easily use the send in time construct.  I
> do not wish to waste the run-time a send in WAG requires.  What is
> the approiate construct to use so that several very intense repeat
> loops will get equal time?  I have been using wait for messages which
> did not function as I would have expected.  It seems that wait for
> messages only allow "new" habdlers to proceed nut does not yeild
> control to a handler already running a repeat construct.  Maybe this
> is a question I should ask of the RR support.  Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> NOTE: Might there be a doEvents type construct which would allow 2
> routines in tight loops to execute?

Unfortunately there isn't a construct like that. RR isn't 
multi-threaded, so your only option is to fake it using send in time. 
There isn't usually much runtime impact with this method and you gain a 
lot of control.

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