Chris
Fri Feb 20 13:40:34 CST 2004
Use WaitForSingleObject in an infinite loop with a zero timeout instead of
INFINITE and when the return is WAIT_OBJECT_), break out of the loop.
You'll probably need a DoEvents inside the loop too.
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"Mike Sher" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CB25813-E24D-4761-BA8D-EE3EDAC7570D@microsoft.com...
> im developing an sms application in embedded visual basic 3.0 and have the
following problem:
> when i need to read sms using SmsReadMessage() i need to use the
WaitforSingleObject() otherwise the Smsopen returns the error, cant open sms
port. if i use WaitforSingleObject my application freezes. how can i run
this in the background without freezing my application?
>
> thank u
>