Subj : About JS_SuspendRequest
To   : Jun Kim
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Dec 07 2004 01:36 am

  Re: About JS_SuspendRequest
  By: Jun Kim to netscape.public.mozilla.jseng on Tue Dec 07 2004 07:47 am

 > hi. ama-grammer(amatuer programmer, 'cuz I sure am not a PRO) again. :)
 > 
 > I'm trying to implement alert() function.
 > But the platform does not provide modal dialog. (in mobile platform)
 > So I can't simply create a dialog and do "doModal()".
 > since it's modaless, it returns right after creating and opening a dialog,
 > so I can't seem to hold the script running.
 > I need someway to halt the script, and continue later on from where it
 > stopped.

Your alert() function can just poll the message box until it's closed.

 > I found an API JS_SuspendRequest.
 > Is this the one that I need?

No.

 > If it is, how can I compile the source with JS_THREADSAFE defined?
 > I can't get it to complie even in Windows MSVC with it defined.
 > 
 > I ask too many questions... sorry. :)

In order to build with JS_THREADSAFE, you need the NSPR (Netscape Portable
Runtime) library and header files.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/

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