Thanks for the clarification, I misunderstood the 'Tick' business Now I can do some more testing Roger Aelbrecht http://web.wanadoo.be/driehoeksw Russell Peters wrote: > The 'Tick' is only triggered in the loop rejecting files for download > - this seemed to be where the major 'dead' time was occurring. > Win32Zip.c - readd (gets next applicable entry in a search ie rejects > non-attr files if attr-only selected) > > // diag( "readd win32zip.c" ); > unsigned cnt = 0; > /* Loop to read all dir entries, until next normal entry is found > */ do > { > if ((++cnt & 0x1F) == 0) // added 1.70.12 > { // tickle and check cancel > user_callback(0,0,0,"",pG); > if ( pG->global_abort_sw ) > return NULL; // end added 1.70.12 > } > e = Readdir ( d ); > } > while ( /*!pG->global_abort_sw && */ e > && ( ( !pG->hidden_files && ( e->d_attr & HIDD_SYS_BITS ) > ) || ( pG->ArchiveFiles && !( e->d_attr & > FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ) > && !( e->d_attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE ) ) ) > ); > > I limited it to every 32 rejected files for the sake of speed. > I found that if there is actual files to be found or you were not > rejecting heaps of files - a file would be found fairly quickly > (event 7). I fear there might still be a bit of a wait when recursing > deeply into directories but I could not produce this and anything I > tried to add slowed things more than I like. > Need plenty to check 'dead' time as I might need to fine tune it > (make it Tick every 16 rejects or 64?) . > With the version number - I was in a hurry (I knew I was having > trouble and did not know how long I could put it off - the Quack > thinks maybe 4-6 I might improve). > Russell Peters > http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellpeters/delphizip.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger Aelbrecht" <Roger.Aelbrecht@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:39 AM > Subject: [delphizip] Trial DLL > > >> >> Hi Russell, >> I made download of the trial DLL >> The Zip file tells me that it contains a dll version 1.70.0.12 >> in the comments. >> However if I extract the ZipDll then I got a version 1.70.1.0 >> >> But that's not my problem. >> I was trying to create an OnTick event but when I start a test >> and put a breakpoint in ZipBuilder at the first line of >> TZipBuilder::ZCallback >> Then the first time this breakpoint is hit is with >> cbr->ActionCode = 7; >> >> Did I miss something or did I completely misunderstood your result. >> I concluded from the Results.txt in the Times17012.zip that the >> first action received would be an Action 0 the ticker >> >> >> >> BTW >> <quote> >> >> Welcome more appropriate names (especially for >> OnAfterCallback(Sender: TObject; var DoCancel : boolean)} >> >> </quote> >> >> What about On AllowAbort(Sender...) >> because basically this is what the event does. >> It allows the application to abort >> >> >> >> >> Roger Aelbrecht >> http://web.wanadoo.be/driehoeksw