File transfer blocks UI messages

[jhansen]

When vncviewer receives a file, the server doesn't respond to messages on the tray icon. Usually it will pop up the menu and then its dead until the file transfer ends. The message loop in vncmenu calls pClient->SendFileChunk() which posts a message back to the same window. So it looks like other messages should be processed eventually. This is all on the same thread, and its normal priority.
Any ideas how to throttle the file messages to allow UI messages to be processed?

[Rudi De Vos]

minimize FT window ?
FT open -> full power to transmit file
FT minimize -> allow updates while FT is active

[jhansen]

No, the server's tray icon becomes unresponsive during a file transfer from server to viewer. If a user on the server clicks on winvnc icon, the menu pops, but doesn't respond until the file transfer is done. But the user on the server side doesn't know a FT is happening, just that the menu is broken.

[Rudi De Vos]

I see, it's on the server site.

[Rudi De Vos]

It doesn't seems that simple to replace it, menu message pump is used to send the file and the message also contain a pointer...

[Jules Fettu]

Could it be related to the size of the file being transferred? I've seen similar behavior on really large files