g_io_channel_win32_new_messages() WaitForSingleObject()

2009-03-31 Thread Thomas Stover
Anyone know if you can use a win32 message io channel on arbitrary handles or just gdi windows or whatever the intended use of that is? I openly admit a don't get windows at all, so this maybe just really out there. Specifically, if I had handle returned from RegisterServiceCtrlHandler()

Re: g_io_channel_win32_new_messages() WaitForSingleObject()

2009-03-31 Thread Tor Lillqvist
Anyone know if you can use a win32 message io channel on arbitrary handles Nope. It is just for window messages for the window indicated by the HWND parameter. Specifically, if I had handle returned from RegisterServiceCtrlHandler() (which as best as I can imagine in my linux centric reality

Re: g_io_channel_win32_new_messages() WaitForSingleObject()

2009-03-31 Thread Thomas Stover
Tor Lillqvist wrote: I have never used that service control API, no idea what it is used for even... oh, just the needlessly complex, 75 step, windows' equivalent to daemon() But if MSDN says that the returned SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE actually is a normal HANDLE and a waitable one even, that