question about os_yield

Hello,

I use os_yield to yield time to windows while my clipper application is
waiting for a key input.
What if I don't want to wait for a key input but simply would like to
wait for a certain amount of time ? Is there a way to completely give
away my timeslices for this amount of time ( a harware timer or a
windows timer ? )

Thanks
Andreas

* Andreas Moroder <Andreas.moroder@[>:

> What if I don't want to wait for a key input but simply would like to wait
> for a certain amount of time ? Is there a way to completely give away my
> timeslices for this amount of time ( a harware timer or a windows timer ?
> )

Have you tried looping over a call to OL_Yield() (I take it that was a typo
in the subject?) while waiting for the desired amount of time to expire?
Like:

,----
| Do While SomeCalculationOfExpiredTime()
|    OL_Yield()
| EndDo
`----

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
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Dave Pearson schrieb:
> * Andreas Moroder <Andreas.moroder@[>:
>
> 
>
>
> Have you tried looping over a call to OL_Yield() (I take it that was a typ
o
> in the subject?) while waiting for the desired amount of time to expire?
> Like:
>
> ,----
> | Do While SomeCalculationOfExpiredTime()
> |    OL_Yield()
> | EndDo
> `----
>
Hello Dave,

it was a typo.
I solved it with a loop like the loop in your sample and it works.

Thanks
Andreas

* Andreas Moroder <Andreas.moroder@[>:

> What if I don't want to wait for a key input but simply would like to wait
> for a certain amount of time ? Is there a way to completely give away my
> timeslices for this amount of time ( a harware timer or a windows timer ?
> )

Have you tried looping over a call to OL_Yield() (I take it that was a typo
in the subject?) while waiting for the desired amount of time to expire?
Like:

,----
| Do While SomeCalculationOfExpiredTime()
|    OL_Yield()
| EndDo
`----

--
Dave Pearson                        |  OSLib - Timeslice release functions.
http://www.davep.org/               |     eg - Norton Guide reader for Linux
.
http://www.davep.org/clipper/       |    weg - Norton Guide reader for Windo
ws.
http://www.davep.org/norton-guides/ | dgscan - DGROUP scanner for Clipper.

Dave Pearson schrieb:
> * Andreas Moroder <Andreas.moroder@[>:
>
> 
>
>
> Have you tried looping over a call to OL_Yield() (I take it that was a typ
o
> in the subject?) while waiting for the desired amount of time to expire?
> Like:
>
> ,----
> | Do While SomeCalculationOfExpiredTime()
> |    OL_Yield()
> | EndDo
> `----
>
Hello Dave,

it was a typo.
I solved it with a loop like the loop in your sample and it works.

Thanks
Andreas