A Windows 10 WTF

[Tom Glod]

Hi Peter, thanks, you are right the wait command does eliminate the window
lock up.... but my question was more so about why the Livecode IDE (with
open file A)...seems forced to share the same cpu core with Standalone of
file A.... and if anyone else has come across that before....they lock up
in tandem...when the OS should be designating cores more intelligently than
that. *shrug*


On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 5:51 AM Peter Reid via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> I'm not sure about Windows 10 behaviour but I had a similar problem with
> Windows 7. It seemed that my LC app was not releasing the processor long
> enough to handle basic user I/O. The solution was to add the following to
> all my tight loops:
>
>         wait 0 milliseconds with messages
>
> The 'with messages' is the key element, this made the LC app hand back
> control to Windows to handle other system activities. I add this line to
> all my loops when running under Windows. Give this a try and let me know
> whether this helps.
>
> Peter
> --
> Peter Reid
> Loughborough, UK
>
> > On 23 Dec 2019, at 5:00pm, use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:
> >
> > Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:42:31 -0500
> > From: Tom Glod <tom at makeshyft.com <mailto:tom at makeshyft.com>>
> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> > Subject: a windows 10 wtf
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> > Hi Peeeps,
> >
> > So I have a standalone running 24/7 that was built with LiveCode.
> >
> > When I use Livecode the IDE to work on the application (that I am also
> > running as a standalone), and the IDE locks up for whatever
> reason...being
> > busy or whatever..... my standalone application also locks up (window
> > become unresponsive).  As soon as the IDE is responsive again, so is my
> > standalone window.
> >
> > I have a 4 core machine...and nothing else seems to be locking up....
> just
> > the IDE and the standalone.
> >
> > Why is the OS insisting on the 2 processes sharing a core?
> >
> > Has anyone come across this before?
> >
> > Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it.
> >
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