event loop problem

[Alex Martelli]

<alex116321 at my-deja.com> wrote in message
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    [snip]
> Sometimes other windows on NT broadcast messages which need to be
> confirmed by all running windows.  If at least one window does not
> dispatch the confirmation, the broadcaster will hang.  In C++ the

Right.

> ADO opens a hidden window and causes this problem.  If ADO is not used,
> no problem exists.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It's not ADO, but COM (its Service-Control manager, to be precise).

Anyway, inserting a call to pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() in
your sleep-loop should fix things up.


Alex