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[#1]

Is any of this functionality exposed in the managed wrappers?

int acedUserBrk()
void acedDisableUsrbrk()
void acedEnableUsrbrk()
bool acedIsUsrbrkDisabled()
int acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump()


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[#2]

None of these are exported. The first 4 are rather simple (acedUserBrk() is
really just a glorified way to call GetAsynKeyState())
Be careful when using acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump() because it does what the
name suggests. Pumping the message loop in the middle of a long running
operation is very dangerous. You have no idea what messages get dispatched
and whether the message handlers that do get invoked expect or tolerate the
state that your long running operation created (object being open, document
locked etc.) Prior to AutoCAD 2006 acedUsrBrk did what
acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump does today but it became one of the worst source
of customer error reports and we basically eliminated all but 2 message
pumping user breaks. (scripts and lisp still "pump" between commands)

albert

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
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Is any of this functionality exposed in the managed wrappers?

int acedUserBrk()
void acedDisableUsrbrk()
void acedEnableUsrbrk()
bool acedIsUsrbrkDisabled()
int acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump()


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[#3]

Thanks for the info.

I know that pumping messages is dangerous. I found
that out the hard way. The main reason for wanting
to do that was to get output from acutPrintf() and the
WriteMessage() wrapper to display immediately.

IAcadApplication::Update() seems to help, but the
UpdateScreen() member of AcadApplication and the
Editor does not (they just call acedUpdateDisplay)

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"Albert Szilvasy" wrote in message news:4892419@discussion.autodesk.com...
None of these are exported. The first 4 are rather simple (acedUserBrk() is
really just a glorified way to call GetAsynKeyState())
Be careful when using acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump() because it does what the
name suggests. Pumping the message loop in the middle of a long running
operation is very dangerous. You have no idea what messages get dispatched
and whether the message handlers that do get invoked expect or tolerate the
state that your long running operation created (object being open, document
locked etc.) Prior to AutoCAD 2006 acedUsrBrk did what
acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump does today but it became one of the worst source
of customer error reports and we basically eliminated all but 2 message
pumping user breaks. (scripts and lisp still "pump" between commands)

albert

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:4891822@discussion.autodesk.com...
Is any of this functionality exposed in the managed wrappers?

int acedUserBrk()
void acedDisableUsrbrk()
void acedEnableUsrbrk()
bool acedIsUsrbrkDisabled()
int acedUsrBrkWithMessagePump()


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