Manpage of Event::Event

Event::Event

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2004-12-02
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NAME

Win32::Event - Use Win32 event objects from Perl

SYNOPSIS

        use Win32::Event;

        $event = Win32::Event->new($manual,$initial,$name);
        $event->wait();

DESCRIPTION

This module allows access to the Win32 event objects. The "wait" method and "wait_all" & "wait_any" functions are inherited from the ``Win32::IPC'' module.

Methods

$event = Win32::Event->new([$manual, [$initial, [$name]]]): Constructor for a new event object. If $manual is true, you must manually reset the event after it is signalled (the default is false). If $initial is true, the initial state of the object is signalled (default false). If $name is omitted, creates an unnamed event object.
If $name signifies an existing event object, then $manual and $initial are ignored and the object is opened.
$event = Win32::Event->open($name): Constructor for opening an existing event object.
$event->pulse: Signal the $event and then immediately reset it. If $event is a manual-reset event, releases all threads currently blocking on it. If it's an auto-reset event, releases just one thread.
If no threads are waiting, just resets the event.
$event->reset: Reset the $event to nonsignalled.
$event->set: Set the $event to signalled.
$event->wait([$timeout]): Wait for $event to be signalled. See ``Win32::IPC''.

AUTHOR

Christopher J. Madsen <chris_madsen@geocities.com>

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