Timesharing?

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John Blackledge (Posted 2005) [#1]

When my app is windowed I want it to politely 'timeshare' with other Windows' apps, possibly even other 3D programs. I have a vague memory of someone saying that the Delay command releases time back to Windows for the duration that it's set. Can someone confirm this. Or is there a better way? Possibly Blitz Support might best answer this?

BlitzSupport (Posted 2005) [#2]

Using Delay will free up CPU time. Try 5 or 10 for starters and use the Task Manager to see the effect.

Picklesworth (Posted 2005) [#3]

If you're crazy, there's a dll somewhere that checks free system time, so your program can decide how long to delay for.

John Blackledge (Posted 2005) [#4]

No, that's fine. Thanks James, that's what I wanted to know.