[fpc-devel] Threads not working in console application

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

I've created a while back a thread based Timer.  At the time I
developed the timer, I tested it in a Lazarus (LCL) GUI application
and everything worked perfectly. Just tested it now and it still works
fine.

Today I tried to use that Timer in a Console application and a fpGUI
based application and the timer doesn't work for some reason!  I'm
using FPC 2.2.0 under Linux.

I attached a Console test project and the threadtimer.pas unit.  Has
anybody got any ideas as to why it doesn't work in a console app?

BTW:
To get the console app to continue running, I have a loop checking for
a file or sleeps for 500 ms.  The timer is enabled before that loop
starts, so I am supposed to see output to the console.  I added some
debug writeln()'s to know when the time starts or stops and which
events file (application loop or timer event).

Regards,
  - Graeme -


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