Windows/COM events/strange behavior

[Krzysztof Czarnowski]

on Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:42:32 GMT
Mark Hammond wrote:

> Krzysztof Czarnowski wrote:
>
> > alive. The script is being started from a DOS prompt. Module "threading"
is
> > used. The COM event handler is constructed inside the thread and it
lives in
> > a "single threaded appartment" (CoInitialize(), loop
PumpWaitingMessages(),
> > CoUninitialize()).
>
>
> Sounds perfect :)
>
>
> > Then, when I start Pythonwin it gets stuck! When I stop the script
Pythonwin
> > seems to get released and starts (the window is displayed ...). Then I
can
> > run the script again without problems.
>
>
> What is the main loop doing.  It too should be sitting on a
> PumpWaitingMessages() loop.  Pythonwin is almost certainly waiting for a
> DDE request to finish, and somehow the script is blocking this DDE
> behaviour.  Using "pythonwin /nodde" would help, but you may still find
> some other apps being similar things (eg, installer applications often
> block in these situations, etc)
>
> Mark.


I couldn't read the list for some time - sorry!

I really do observe the same behaviour with other apps (e.g. pfe file
editor).

My main thread loop is doing (slightly simplified):

while 1:
    event_stop.wait(3)
    if event_stop.isSet(): break
    if msvcrt.kbhit():
        k = msvcrt.getch()
        if k in ['s', 'S']: break

The PumpWaitingMessages() loop is executed in a child thread. In parallel
another "CORBA child-thread" is working.

Krzysztof