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Program TaskExample;
{
*
* Task.p - a cheap sub-task example by cs (in C)
* Cheap = shared data for communication rather than MsgPorts
*
This was written originally by Carolyn Scheppner (of CBM) in C.
}
{$I "Include:Exec/Ports.i"}
{$I "Include:Graphics/Graphics.i"}
{$I "Include:Graphics/View.i"}
{$I "Include:Libraries/DOS.i"}
{$I "Include:Utils/TaskUtils.i"}
{$I "Include:Exec/Tasks.i"}
{$I "Include:Exec/Libraries.i"}
CONST
subTaskName : String = "SubTask";
subTaskPtr : TaskPtr = Nil;
{ Data shared by main and subTaskRtn }
Counter : Integer = 0;
PrepareToDie : Boolean = False;
Procedure CleanUp;
begin
if subTaskPtr <> Nil then begin
PrepareToDie := True;
while PrepareToDie do;
DeleteTask(SubTaskPtr);
end;
CloseLibrary(GfxBase);
end;
{ subTaskRtn increments Counter every 1/60 second }
Procedure SubTaskRtn;
var
Temp : Integer;
begin
While not PrepareToDie do begin
WaitTOF;
Inc(Counter);
end;
PrepareToDie := False; { signal ready to go }
Temp := Wait(0); { wait while the ax falls }
end;
var
k : Integer;
ct : Integer;
begin
GfxBase := OpenLibrary("graphics.library",0);
if GfxBase = Nil then begin
Writeln('Can\'t open the graphics.library');
Exit(20);
end;
SubTaskPtr := CreateTask(subTaskName,0,Adr(subTaskRtn),2000);
if SubTaskPtr = Nil then begin
Writeln('Can\'t create subtask');
CloseLibrary(GfxBase);
Exit(10);
end;
for k := 0 to 9 do begin
Delay(50); { main is a process and can call Delay() }
ct := Counter;
Writeln('Counter is ', ct);
end;
CleanUp;
end.