Yes, I have fired off a new thread and passed it in the contructor the self variable. It seems to be problems in referencing other zope methods from within the new started thread. Here is my example, I call the listaArticulos method: def listaArticulos(self, REQUEST, RESPONSE): generando = GenerarEnviarListaPrecios(self, REQUEST, RESPONSE) generando.start() return 1 def longProcess(context): # long process for example: return context.context.myZopeSqlMethod() class GenerarEnviarListaPrecios(Thread): def __init__(self, context, REQUEST, RESPONSE): Thread.__init__(self) self.context = context self.REQUEST = REQUEST self.RESPONSE = RESPONSE def run(self): result = longProcess(self.context) .... mail result .... return

-----Mensaje original----- De: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@digicool.com] Enviado el: viernes, 11 de mayo de 2001 16:53 Para: Juan Carlos Coruña; zope@zope.org Asunto: Re: [Zope] Threads in ExternalMethods

Hi Juan... you need to either fire off a new process or a new thread. See the Python documentation for more info about how to do this (the threading, thread, and os modules).

----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Carlos Coruña" <jcoruna@ibdosnorte.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:40 AM Subject: [Zope] Threads in ExternalMethods

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Hi all,

I am now trying to create an ExternalMethod that executes a long process (about 30 seconds) in a new thread and then this thread sends the result per e-mail. The ExternalMethod must return inmediatly. I need this behavior in order to not block the user while browsing.

Are there anybody that can help me?

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