How to implement timeout behavior for wxTextCtrl Topic is solved

[denarced]

Hello,

do you have any ideas on how to implement automatic database search when the user stops typing for, let's say, 500ms?
I thought about it and all I could come up with was having a separate thread for the timer.
If that's the best solution, is there some utilities in wxWidgets that'll make the implementation easy?
Usually I tend to avoid writing threading code myself ..

[JimFairway]

Hi,

How about catch the wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED event for the wxTextCtrl (see EVT_TEXT) and start a timer using wxTimer, set the timer for OneShot mode.
When the timer fires, process the entry.

Hope that helps,

Jim

[denarced]

JimFairway, your suggestion was pretty perfect.
I'll have to remember that the next time when I'm implementing something like this.
Thanks!

I did however implement one solution which is based on threads.
And it works so I'm too lazy to change it now