The Main Event Loop
The main Rogue Wave® Views event loop, defined by the global function
IlvMainLoop, does not work in the same way on X Window and on Microsoft Windows systems. While X Window servers operate in asynchronous mode, Microsoft Windows works in synchronous mode. Also, timer management varies depending on the system used.
Synchronous vs. asynchronous mode: On X Window, a request sent to the server is not immediately processed even if the function returns. It is processed only after it returns to the main loop. For example, a request for displaying a view is performed only when the X Window server sends back a map notify event and this event is processed by the Rogue Wave Views API.
Timers management: On Microsoft Windows, a timer notification is a Windows event that can be processed in the event loop. On X Window, a timer notification is not an event and therefore the main loop is not aware of it, whether it is active or not.
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