Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:02:01 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 17:33:01, Martin Bauer wrote: >Hello, > >a few days ago i asked for delphi and UCI: how to listen at stdin while >calculating a move. Now I tried to fix the problem by following the given hints. > >My application is NOT a console application, so i tried to listen at stdin with >a delphi tread object. It works in normal mode, but not if i start my engine >with the Fritz7 GUI. > >Then I tried the given hints with the createthread() command: > >****************************************************** >unit Main; >interface >uses [...] >const [...some const declarations] >type[...some type declarations] >var[...some other variable] > Threadid : THandle; > >implementation >[...] >procedure listen_sdtin; >begin > // listening at stdin and processing the commands >end; >[... many other functions for calculating the best move ...] > >initialization > createthread(nil,0,@listen_sdtin,nil,0,Threadid); >// creating the tread to listen stdin. >****************************************************** > >but now I get a "access violation" (I hope I translated correctly) when the >engine starts calculating, there is no problem while identyfing the engine. The >problem is hard to find, because with the Fritz GUI I can't debug the program. So why do you use it ? Just a thought, try winboard. >But there are problems with delphi threads and the VCL, you must use the >synchronize() command. No you don't. >So I thought this may be the problem and now I made a >console application - but the same problem: access violation. There are no >errors when compiling. > >Any Ideas? My code only gives this when you're trying to read from the stdin but it is not started with a pipe. But then again, my code doesn't use a thread object. Tony > >Regards > >Martin
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