Re: [Rubycocoa-talk] New to programing; thread question

[Eloy D. <elo...@gm...>]

I would take a look at NSTimer's  
initWithFireDate:interval:target:selector:userInfo:repeats: instance  
method

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSTimer_Class/Reference/NSTimer.html#/ 
/apple_ref/occ/instm/NSTimer/ 
initWithFireDate:interval:target:selector:userInfo:repeats:

HTH,
Eloy

On 12 aug 2009, at 05:33, Ferlander Davids wrote:

> I've been having some trouble. My app relies on a executing a ruby  
> script in intervals of hours. During the intervening time the script  
> stays in a sleep loop. The problem is that it needs to update the UI  
> with at least some information every once in a while. I'm currently  
> using a progress bar, because for some reason it can refresh from  
> inside a running script. I don't think that's enough though.
> Of course, ideally I would also like to find a solution to the  
> beachballing cursor and generally unresponsive UI.
> I found
> http://minikidsgames.sourceforge.net/rubycocoa/tips-and-pitfalls-in-using-rubycocoa/#content_Object_3
> but unfortunately it's over my head.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, or if there might be  
> a more obvious solution that I've missed so far. I'm in love with  
> the program I'm writing and I want it to be usable by the general  
> public. =)
>
> Ferlander
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