DoEvents equivalent for C++?

Question

I\'m new to native c++. Right now, I made it so when I press the left mouse button, it has a for loop that does InvalidateRect and draws a rectangle, and increments X by the

Answer 1

I am a bit rusty in Win32 API, but the asynchronous way of doing this would be:

• Invalidate the rect
• Set a timer (see below) to send a message after 50ms
• Return to the event loop to let WM_PAINT events happen
• On receiving the timer message, move the rect, then repeat

This way integrates nicely with being event driven. I realize this is not exactly what you ask for, but I thought I'd mention it as a possible solution anyway :)

EDIT: A quick google turns up the Windows API call [SetTimer](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms644906(VS.85,loband).aspx) which you can use to facilitate this. The message will be a WM_TIMER one.