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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Event Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This control is used for programming.
It is used to signal to threads or other processes about an event occurring.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Style Page Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
There are really no styles - just the basic.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Wait for an event to occur. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This is the method to use to wait for an event to occur.
Remember to set the timeout for the wait using Set timeout duration.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Mark event as occurred. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This event is used to tell other processes or threads that an event has
occurred.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Set timeout duration. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to set the amount of time that your program will wait before
giving up on an event occurring. See Wait for event.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Get timeout duration. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to get the current timeout duration for the event.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Reset event. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to reset an event to the not occurred state, and also to set
the event count to zero.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Get event count. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to get a count of the number of times an event has occurred
since it was either created or last reset.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Get event handle. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to get the events' semaphore handle for passing to other
programs or C routines.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Set event handle. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use this method to set the events' semaphore handle if for instance, you are
using a semaphore from another program or from a C routine.