14min time on action?

[oozma]

Hi all,

I am looking for a way to perform an action every 14 minutes mid-script.

I currently have one function being called in my script that performs a series of keypresses and clicks in a while 1=1 loop, but I want to throw in that it calls a different function every 14 minutes.

I've looked through the timer options but it's a little confusing to me as I'm still a bit new to this. One option is looping the function X amount of times to equal 14 minutes, but that number is so high I can't even begin to count it.

Any advice would be very much appreciated >_< thank you!

[Juvigy]

sleep(840000) will wait 14 min. put it in a loop and after that call the function. That is it.

[BrettF]

Persudo:

$timer = TimerInit

While 1

If TimerDiff($timer) >= 840000 Then

$timer = TimerInit()

;do something

else

;do something else

endif

wend

[jvanegmond]

Just call the _check_timer occasionally. Thanks for the boost Brett. : )

; initialization of your stuff
$timer = TimerInit()

While 1
   ; Your stuff
   _check_timer()
   ; more of your stuff
   _check_timer()
   ; more of your stuff
   _check_timer()
Wend


Func _check_timer()
   If TimerDiff($timer) >= 840000 Then
      $timer = TimerInit()
      _fire_timer()
   endif
EndFunc

Func _fire_timer()
   ; Logic that goes once every 14 minutes goes here
EndFunc

[oozma]

Thanks >_< That worked perfectly with a few mods from my stuff. Appreciate it.

[oozma]

Hi, sorry to bump this up again but I have one more question. Currently with using the above, the script is working excellent. One slight problem... every 4 minutes or so (I lowered the time a bit) it is pressing the key "4" - at all times.

I have a hotkey set to turn the script on or off on demand, but the timer and '4' seem to run nonstop even if it's off.

Is there a way to only start the timer when I push the 'start' hotkey, and then stop the timer and the '4' from being sent when I push the 'stop' hotkey? I know WHY it's doing it, but when I attempt to fix it, I get a syntax check error

WARNING: $timer: possibly used before declaration.

Below is what I have...

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HotKeySet("!1","Start")
HotKeySet("!3","Stop")
Global $go = false

Func start()
    $go = True
EndFunc

    $timer = TimerInit()

Func stop()
    $go = False
EndFunc

while 1
    check()
    sleep(50)
run()
sleep(50)
wend
    
Func check()
   If TimerDiff($timer) >= 440000 Then
      $timer = TimerInit()
      _fire_timer()
   endif
EndFunc

Func _fire_timer()
   sleep(1000)
   send("4")
   sleep(2000)
EndFunc

Func run()
    if $go = true Then
MouseDown("left")
sleep(2500)
MouseUp("Left")
Send("2")
Send("2")
Send("2")
Send("2")
Send("2")
Send("2")
sleep(1000)
Send("1")
sleep(1000)
    EndIf
EndFunc