[IronPython] App stops responding, form won't refresh

[robinsiebler]

I've looked at a bunch of examples, but I haven't been able to use them in a
way that works. I don't understand what I am missing. I was hoping someone
would take a few minutes, look at my app and tell me the right way to do it
so I can understand it.


Michael Foord-5 wrote:
> 
> On 26/05/2010 23:46, robinsiebler wrote:
>> I've looked at both of them before I posted this, but I'm just failing to
>> understand it I guess.
>>
>>    
> 
> Perhaps this example would be better - it shows updating a progress bar 
> from a calculation being run in a background thread:
> 
>      http://www.ironpython.info/index.php/Progress_Bar
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Michael
> 
>> Michael Foord-5 wrote:
>>    
>>> On 26/05/2010 22:40, robinsiebler wrote:
>>>      
>>>> This is my 1st IronPython/.NET app. It is really simple, all it does is
>>>> zip
>>>> all the files in a folder into an archive, 1 file per zip.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that when it is zipping large files 200MB+ the app stops
>>>> responding. It is still zipping files, but the UI doesn't update. I
>>>> don't
>>>> know how to fix this.
>>>>
>>>>        
>>> If you create a form and perform any activity on the same thread that
>>> created the form then you will block until that activity is completed.
>>> Instead you can create a background thread and post updates to the ui
>>> from that thread by "invoking".
>>>
>>> If you are using Windows Forms then you might find this example of
>>> invoking onto the gui thread useful:
>>>
>>> http://www.ironpython.info/index.php/Invoking_onto_the_GUI_%28Control%29_Thread
>>>
>>> There is also an example of basic threading here:
>>>
>>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/threading.shtml
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Michael Foord
>>>
>>>      
>>>> The project is here -
>>>> http://cid-0c375b07f1f323b6.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/ZipfilesGUI.zip
>>>>
>>>> I think I need to add a thread to update the form, but all of my
>>>> attempts
>>>> have failed. Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>        
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