Re: I-NET on WIN95

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Ray Kaminski wrote: > This is true, you can use 32 bit ODBC driver with I-NET 5.01.TE1 > version of I-NET for WINDOWS NT. However, there is NO supported 32 > bit I-NET for Windows 95. Intersolv will tell you that there is a > "work around" which allows you to use the NT version of I-NET on 95. > The problem is that I-NET 5.01.TE1 calls PEEKMESSAGE while in the > middle of an SQL statement. This makes most all programs using the If an application is 'blocked' it will not become re-entrant. There is a callback convention to allow your application to be come blocked while awaiting data. If there is a clearly defined call to the database your application will not become re-entrant. If you call the database on a SetFocus or DrawItem or PaintObject call then PeekMessage will ruin your day. If there is a a moment is processing which is not defined by events but by user intervention ('Go get data' button) then your application will not have the re-entrant problem. The PeekMessage paradigm will allow other applications waiting for processing to continue get a slice of the CPU. Your application should recognize the 'multi-tasking' allowed by this paradigm and protect itself from it! Steve Wallick Software Engineer Harris Publishing Systems Corp steve.wallick@harris.com > driver re-entrant. This makes their driver completly (or any driver > using that version of I-NET) non ODBC compliant. If you can live > with this and no support from Informix, go for it. > > Ray Kaminski > Sr. Software Engineer > Bi-Tech Software >