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Re: [ECS] INVERT problem Dan Hoehnen Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:41:29 -0400 (EDT)

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The redundant packets cause no problems for ace, except to eat up a 
little real-time since each packet received is processed by ace to see if 
a button is monitoring the status of that item. If so, then the 
button's appearance changes.  So, ace just runs the same code twice.  
Since this only happens when a user presses a button to change the 
state of an item, it's not a big deal.  I wouldn't worry about changing 
it if it'll end up being a kludge.  Let's wait and see if it poses any 
problems.  

Thanks for fixing the INVERT problem so quickly.

> I fixed the DDE-API INVERT problem, but barring a kludge,
> there is not much I can do about the redundant packet that
> is sent when an Item is set via the DDE: The 1st packet is
> the command acknowledge/response, and the 2nd is a monitor
> ("this item's state has changed") packet. Is this a real
> problem that in any way effects the user ?
> -- 
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mark_gilmore_2
> 

Dan Hoehnen                            
dhoehnen@infinet.com                   
He who dies with the most toys, wins! 
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