>I want to use Visual foxpro 6.0 to run 2 processes at the same time.
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>Process 1 :foxpro will send and receive data to both serial ports. This process should run continueously, update the GUI and also a table.
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>Process 2 :The user interacts via several menus. While doing this, Process 1 should not pause.
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>How do I set this up?
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>Thank you in advance
You'll need a dual processor machine in order to have them "actually" running simultaneously. According to Calvin Hsia, one of the lead VFP developers, even if you create a multi-threaded com object, it will time slice on a single processor.
John Harvey
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