Updating gadget from thread

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Updating gadget from thread

Post by firace »

I need to frequently update the value of a textgadget without blocking the event loop. Is this an acceptable / simple way of doing it? (Thread, PostEvent, and a shared variable)

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Procedure Watcher1(*x)
  Shared cBlock.s
  
  Repeat  
    cBlock.s = Str(Random(999999))
    PostEvent(999)
    Delay(550)
  ForEver
  
EndProcedure


OpenWindow(0, 100, 20, 820, 310, "Dashboard 5")

ButtonGadget(8, 20,     270, 200, 24, "Test 1")
TextGadget(333, 750,    270, 140, 28, "...")

CreateThread(@Watcher1(), 0)

Repeat
  e = WaitWindowEvent()
  Select e
    Case  999 :      SetGadgetText(333, cBlock)
    Case  #PB_Event_CloseWindow : End
  EndSelect
ForEver

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Re: Updating gadget from thread

Post by BarryG »

The manual says that's what PostEvent() is for... so, yes.
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Re: Updating gadget from thread

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Under Windows, it sometimes works directly from threads. Activate compiler option Threadsafe.
Under Linux and macOS this leads to a crash of the programme.

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Re: Updating gadget from thread

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You would still have to protect cBlock with a mutext or something.
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Re: Updating gadget from thread

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Why a shared variable?

If you do such things you ned a semaphore, to guarantee that the variable is not overwritten by the thread.
For a numeric variable, you can use PostEvent(..., data) and EventData() :wink:
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