Hi Daniel, you could use a Timer for that. updateDisplayList sets up the timer and returns. The timer's eventhandler does the drawing.
Cheers, Ralf. On 7/26/06, Daniel Tuppeny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > -- > 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 > > > > > > > -- Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany ------------------------ 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/
