C / C++ / MFC

pCtrlCopyDef->Excute(); //this funciton call get the thing to be copied onto the clipboard.
pSketch->Edit();//this statement cause my program get into a sketch environment, 
                //which is the required environment to perform pasting.
pCtrlPasteDef->Excute();//this function call paste the thing on the clipboard onto        
                        //the destination sketch

//////////////////////////////
//sections I have problems in:
AfxMessageBox(_T("Exit?"));//every thing is OK with this line of code. I click the OK button 
                    //on the pop-up message box and I will see the expected result finally.
//Sleep(2000); // if i substitute this line for the preceding one, I can't see the     
                 //anything pasted on the destination sketch.
//for(int i = 1; i<100000; i++){} //can't see anything either. 
////////////////////////////

pSketch->ExitEdit();// this funtion call cause the program exit the sketch environment.

KellyR wrote:

But are you actually redrawing the device context that holds the pasted sketch? Maybe it's being pasted but you're just not re-drawing it.

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UINT TimerId = SetTimer(NULL, 0/*Ignored*/, 5000, NULL);

MSG m;
BOOL bOk;
while ( (bOk=GetMessage(&m, NULL, 0, 0)) && bOk!=-1 )
{
    DispatchMessage(&m);
    if ( m.message==WM_TIMER && m.wParam==TimerId )
    {
        break;
    }
}

KillTimer(NULL, TimerId);

error C2660: 'SetTimer' : function does not take 4 parameters<br />
error C2660: 'KillTimer' : function does not take 2 parameters 

ewighell wrote:

in fact, it dosen't matter how long the time delay is set to be. I set it one milisecond, it works too

MSG m;
while ( PeekMessage(&m, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) )
{
	DispatchMessage(&m);
}

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DavidCrow wrote:

Please read #7 here.

Roland Pibinger wrote:

Hm, at least "EXTEIDE is freeware". It's an announcement rather than advertising or soliciting.