>>>>>Is there a way to clear the mouse clicks from the buffer, equivalent to clear typeahead, or to limit the number of buffered clicks ??
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>>>>DOEVENTS should do the trick.
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>>>Except DOEVENTS will process the mouse clicks, and not dispose of them.
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>>Hmm, I've used DOEVENTS to clear mouse clicks (users pressing buttons while processing going on) and it seems to work for me. Windows may have processed the mouse clicks, but VFP doesn't.
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>This is fairly simple to test
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>Place 2 buttons on a form, and in one:
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>* Some query that will take about 5 seconds.
>SELECT * FROM Mytable INTO CURSOR Whatever
>DOEVENTS
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>In the other button,
>MESSAGEBOX('Howdy')
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>Click the first button, and while the query is running click the second. On my machine, the messagebox still appears.
VFP 5 or 6? I'm still using 5...