Re: [wxperl-users] How to kick off event functions while in a loop

[Casey W. <wil...@nc...>]

> > Hey guys,
> >     I've been seaching through the doc's for a way to fire off Events
> even if I'm running a loop such as...
> >
> > foreach my $i (0..999999) {...}
> >
> > I've found the Yield() and SafeYield() functions.  But those only
> allow the GUI to be updated for interaction, but don't allow the
> functions tied to the events to be called.  At least, as far as I can
> tell anyhow.  Anyone have any advice?
> The only "real" solution to your problem is to use threads; as an

I was afraid of that. :(  Are threads available in wxPerl?  All I *really*
need to do is toggle a variable by pressing a button to make the loop stop.

> ( ugly ) workaround you might use a wxTimer; using wxYield is _strongly_
> discouraged because it can lead to unexpected reentrancy
> problems ( of course there are cases where you can't do without ).
> I never used it, so I can't tell if the handlers not being fired is
> a wxPerl or a wxWindows problem ( will check ).

Thanks again!