Determine when main event loop is waiting for a wxExecute process

[richard_examion]

Hi there,
I would like to know, if it is possible to determine when the main event loop is waiting for a process to be finished after:

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wxExecute ("anotherProcess.exe", wxEXEC_SYNC);

was called.
So far I use

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wxEventLoop::GetActive ()->IsMain ()

in ::OnIdle (wxIdleEvent &event) function to determine when a ModalDialog is opened, however with another process this won´t work...

Thanks
Richard

[doublemax]

As wxExecute with wxEXEC_SYNC is a blocking call, do you even receive any events during that time?

If yes, can't you just set a flag before the call, and clear if afterwards?

[richard_examion]

Yes, I do receive idle events - this is true for instance:

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wxEventLoop::GetActive ()->IsRunning ()

!

Probably, a flag seems the best solution even though I don´t like things like that...

[richard_examion]

By the way, is it possible to wake up from that idle loop, even though the wxExecute (wxEXEC_SYNC) process is not quite finished yet?

[doublemax]

Maybe you should derive a class from wxProcess, create an instance, and start the process with wxEXEC_ASYNC (while passing a pointer to wxProcess) to track its lifetime. The "exec" sample that comes with wxWidgets shows how to do that.

[richard_examion]

Thanks for that hint, I will try to figure it out!