"Maxim Fridental" <
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> Hallo,
>
> I'm calling a COM-object method, that can last for minutes (in the
> worst case). My user want a possibility to break the operation. It is
> unfortunately not recommended to make a COM-call as an overlapped call
> because of the COM thread affinity. Is there nevertheless a solution
> to this problem in D5?
It is worth checking the threading model of the component. If free threaded
then it is probably safe use overlapped calls to call it methods. If it
isn't free threaded, then it might provide some kind of busy event
interface. Failing that you will probably have to wrap it into another
component that creates a worker thread to run the component on, and put in
place some kind of asynchronous mechanism for calling that component and
getting results back when it has finished.
>...If no, can this problem be solved in D6?
Yes, that is the plan, but D6 will be under development for several months
more.
Regards
Blair
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