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Subject: Re: A Delphi - WinBoard problem

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 11:38:49 09/25/04

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On September 25, 2004 at 07:08:10, Tony Werten wrote:

>The polling routine is ok. It will block while there is no input.
>
>My guess is that the problem is in your pondering.
>
>Do you have a sleep in your waiting function ?
>
>ie
>
>While not(oppo_made_move) do
>begin
>   application.processmessages;
>   sleep(50);
>end;
>
>
>Tony

The problem manifests with pondering off. But your idea is right!
What I overlooked is that it is the main thread that should "sleep", not the
polling thread.
Thanks a lot! I owe you at least a few beers. ;)

Btw, will you participate in the Dutch Open?

Cheers,
Martin



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