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+// **************************************************************************
+// * This file is part of the FreeFileSync project. It is distributed under *
+// * GNU General Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html       *
+// * Copyright (C) 2008-2011 ZenJu (zhnmju123 AT gmx.de)                    *
+// **************************************************************************
+
+#include "status_handler.h"
+#include <wx/app.h>
+#include <ctime>
+
+void updateUiNow()
+{
+    //process UI events and prevent application from "not responding"   -> NO performance issue!
+    wxTheApp->Yield();
+
+    //    while (wxTheApp->Pending())
+    //        wxTheApp->Dispatch();
+}
+
+
+bool updateUiIsAllowed()
+{
+    const std::clock_t CLOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL = UI_UPDATE_INTERVAL * CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 1000;
+
+    static std::clock_t lastExec = 0;
+    const std::clock_t now = std::clock(); //this is quite fast: 2 * 10^-5
+
+    if (now - lastExec >= CLOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL)  //perform ui updates not more often than necessary
+    {
+        lastExec = now;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}