Hello,
We'd like to use threads in one of our Linux GTK Wx GUI's. The
purpose of the thread is to check some text files for changes every 2
seconds. The changes need to be written back to a WxTextCtrl. I
tried using Wx::MutexGUIEnter and Wx::MutexGuiLeave to block the main
thread from execution while the GUI update is being made, but get the
following error.
Error while autoloading 'Wx::MutexGuiEnter' at sqlplus_gui.pl line 594
thread 1
Do the Mutex functions not work in GTK? I see the message on the Wx website.
"Note that under GTK, no creation of top-level windows is allowed in
any thread but the main one."
Wx::MutexGuiEnter();
$shared_data->{textctrl}->AppendText('abc');
Wx::MutexGuiLeave();
If this doesn't work in GTK, what is the best approach for having a
secondary thread relay the information back to the main thread for
updating?
Or is using Wx::Timer a better approach?
Thanks,
Mike
