[Mono-osx] Bug (?), WinForms unresponsive behavior

[Geoff Norton]

Winforms on OSX is supposed to work.  If the same code works on windows,
please file a bug.

Thanks

-g

On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 17:31 +0200, Fredrik Kling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First post to the list, very new MAC user, this might be completely
> known to everybody..
> However, the following (attached) small C# program does not work as
> expected, it basically freezes directly and becomes unresponsive
> directly after startup...  It works in Windows using Mono and MS
> framework..
> I have searched the internet quite heavy trying to find some hints,
> but in vain...
> 
> Using Mono 1.9.1...
> 
> I have attached the code for a small program that illustrates the
> problem..
> But basically, I create a Form from within another class which
> overrides some of the events for the form, in this class I have a
> function for force an update of the drawing area, basically
> Invalidate, DoEvents, Update..   Outside this class I loop
> indefinitely, calling the update function each iteration and
> processing events manually..
> 
> I do not use "Application.Run()"..
> 
> Main loop looks like:
> ----
>             WinFormsTest disp = new WinFormsTest();  // inherited
> class with Background painting set to false...
>             disp.Initialize();
>             while(!
> disp.KeyPressed((int)System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Escape))
>             {
>                 disp.Update(null);
>                 Thread.Sleep(10);
>                 Application.DoEvents();
>             }
> -----
> And the "Update" looks like:
> -------
>   refresh.Reset();
>   window.Invalidate();
>   window.Update();     //This is not a recursive call!
>   if (bWaitForRefresh)
>   {
>     refresh.WaitOne();  // Event set by the OnPaint member when
> finished
>   }
> --------
> Anybody knows what could be the reason?
> Is WinForms on OS X supposed to work?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Fredrik Kling
> 
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