I don't understand your response. If the user chooses not to filter the data (and therefore, gets 40k points), IE locks up big time (stops responding to paint messages) while the Series runs through its updateDisplayList() (and intensive task with 40k interations). I need to loop, every, say, 500 iterations, to give some time back to IE for responding to messages - otherwise the whole of IE goes white.
In .NET, you can call Application.DoEvents(), which processes messages sat on the queue (like paint messages), which would stop this problem. I need an equivilent in Flex, that I can call when I'm in the middle of a lot of processing, to allow FP/IE to respond. Otherwise, anything that requres a loop that'll take some time, will always cripple IE (and ultimately tell the user IE is "(Not Repsonding)" in the title bar). -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: 26 July 2006 09:30 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Equiv of DoEvents, to allow painting? On Tuesday 25 July 2006 11:33, Daniel Tuppeny wrote: > I know 40k points isn't particularly useful, but our app has to > degrade nicely if someone doesn't filter the data, and stopping IE > form painting is not very nice. Why not just not let the use choose no filtering ? -- Tom Chiverton **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links [Inbound Mail Scanned by MessageLabs] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/3EuRwD/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/