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Hi, how can I make my program "sleep" between 2 gui updates but still be responsive (to a window event, for instance)?

In the short program below, I display 'x=0' then, after 5 seconds, 'x=1'. However during those 5 seconds, the window is not fully responsive, the hourglass cursor is shown (due to the 'Delay' instruction) and the window cannot be properly closed if needed. Is there another command than 'Delay' that I should be using in this case?

Thanks!

In order to keep your window responsive you have to implement
an event loop. In your example you don't look for events at all. I
have modified your example to use a timer which counts up your
x value every second (1000 ms). In that way your window and
gadgets allways stay responsive. Another point is that in order
to display text in a TextGadget you don't have to recreate that
gadget but instead use SetGadgetText() to update the content
of your TextGadget:

Fantastic! Thank you very much.

I've got a related question... What if the program is console-based (no GUI)?
How can I make it sleep for a few seconds or minutes, without taking 100% CPU?
I suppose event timers are not the way to go in that case, correct?

Hi,

than you need Delay().
for an example look at the help for Inkey()

Bernd

The best way is to create a loop that checks the time using ElapsedMilliseconds() in every iteration.
A simple Delay(0) or longer prevents the loop from consuming too much processor power.

The advantage is that you still have control over the loop and you can abort it when you need.