Re-2: repeat or send - what takes less cpu time?

Sarah Reichelt sarah.reichelt at gmail.com
Tue Oct 20 20:06:48 EDT 2009


Yes, it will still react to everything while waiting for the "send".
In fact the "send" will not happen exactly on time if the app is busy
doing something else, but will happen as soon as the app is free,
after the elapsed time.

Cheers,
Sarah


On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:20 AM,  <runrev260805 at m-r-d.de> wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> thanks for your answer. The app is still reacting to other things like keystrokes or button clicks?
>
> Matthias
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: repeat or send - what takes less cpu time? (21-Okt-2009 0:08)
> From:    Sarah Reichelt <sarah.reichelt at gmail.com>
> To:      runrev260805 at m-r-d.de
>
>> > i have to create a little app, which stays in the taskbar and connects
>> > every 5 minutes to a website to check, if a specific file is online. If
>> > this file is not found the program waits 5 minutes before it checks again
>> > for the file. What takes less cpu time? A repeat loop or should i better
>> > use "send...."
>>
>> I recommend using "send". That way the app is resting and not using
>> any CPU during it's 5 minutes.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sarah



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