Support for Sleep() on Win32s
PSS ID Number: 100713
Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32s 1.0
- Microsoft Win32s 1.1
- Microsoft Win32s 1.2
- Microsoft Win32s 1.3
- Microsoft Win32s 1.30a
- Microsoft Win32s 1.3c
This article was previously published under Q100713
SUMMARY
The Win32 application programming interface (API) documentation indicates
that Sleep() is supported on Win32s. It is important to note, however, that
the behavior of Sleep() on Win32s is not the same as it is under Windows
NT.
Under Win32s, Sleep() calls Yield(). The Windows version 3.1 Yield()
function yields only if the message queue is empty; therefore, Sleep()
cannot be relied on to do anything. Use a PeekMessage() loop to do idle
time processing.
Additional query words: 1.00 1.20
Keywords: KB100713
Technology: kbWin32s100 kbWin32s110 kbWin32s120 kbWin32s130 kbWin32s130a kbWin32s130c kbWin32sSearch