Asynchronous TPopupMenu

[rcloutie]

Hi all,

Is there a way to display a TPopupMenu in a way that other process in the application can continue to run (that is, an asynchronous popup menu)?

I have a progressbar which stops responding when user open a popup menu...

Thanks a lot for help,

Rej Cloutier

 

[Duoas]

There are three:

1) you can display the popup menu in another thread
2) you can ping your process regularly from the popup menu (this would involve either using a tTimer or writing your own WndProc for the popup which calls Application.ProcessMessages or something to keep the running parts running).
3) make your popup non-modal. (just show it then hide it when done)

You have to realize that when you display a popup it is inherently an interruption of the work process. That is, your program pauses while the user responds to the popup.

Hope this helps.