Sleep function question

[cueclub]

is it possible to have a sleep command on 1 function set and while that is sleeping, run another?

could some one point me in the right direction, or if they have done this plz give an example.

guess what i am wanting is something like :

$next1 = next()

sleep(180000(next1))

would that happen or will it wait out the 3 min and then goto the next func?

ps: looked in help file. not there that i could see.

Thanks

Cue

[MvGulik]

whatever Edited February 7, 2011 by MvGulik

[Spiff59]

Sleep (in effect) pauses the execution of your script.

You can not be doing other things in the same process while a Sleep() is executing.

You would need to spawn separate child processes and then monitor them from the parent script.

You can, however, execute multiple concurrent timers from within a single script.

I think you can likely accomplish what you want to do with a few instances of TimerInit() and TimerDiff().

Edited March 19, 2010 by Spiff59

[l3ill]

Or perhaps a HOTKEYSET...

that way all of your functions are "asleep" until you call them one at a time.

If you could elaborate more maybe some have other suggestions.

[cueclub]

it was a question asked to me by a family member. I will suggest the hot keys. But for an easier approach perhaps the timerinit might be the way to go.

I will try all 3 suggestions and post any findings. Thanks

[Spiff59]

Here's the concept I was talking about:

#Include <Timers.au3>
$delay1 = 2000 ; milliseconds
$delay2 = 10000 ; milliseconds

$timer1 = _Timer_Init()
$timer2 = $timer1
Tooltip(@HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC)
While 1 ; Process your mouse-clicks, keystrokes, or other events, in this $msg switch statement
;    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
;    Switch $msg
;        Case $Button_Whatever
;            Do the voodoo that you do here
;        Case $Button_Exit, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
;            ExitLoop
;    EndSwitch
    If _Timer_Diff($timer1) > $delay1 Then
        Beep(800,50) ; refresh the auditory nerve
        $timer1= _Timer_Init()
    EndIf
    If _Timer_Diff($timer2) > $delay2 Then
        Tooltip(@HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC) ; update the tooltip
        $timer2= _Timer_Init()
    EndIf
Wend
Exit

This example maintains two timers. One to beep every 2 seconds, and the other to update a display every 10 seconds.

Enabling the GUIGetMsg() logic would allow you to process user-initiated events in real time.

Is that the sort of functionality you're looking for?

[cueclub]

I will try to work with this example and present it. not sure why I am the one doing the research on it. but we will see.

thx

[Fubarable]

It sounds like you're looking to do multi-threaded application, but AFAIK, this can't be done from within one AutoIt program, that you have to instead use the suggestions given above.