how to make script wait

[gcue]

how can i force a script to wait until a gui is closed before continuing?

If FileExists($aDIR & "assets.ini.bak1") Then
            MsgBox(262144, "", "Your config is missing but at least 1 backup copy was found. Please chose a config to restore from.")
            ViewBackups_GUI()
;what can i put here to make the script wait until ViewBackups_GUI is closed?
        EndIf

thanks!

[JohnOne]

While 1

Sleep(10)

If Not WinExists("ViewBackups_GUI") Then

ExitLoop

EndIf

WEnd

Exit

Is one way

[GodlessSinner]

WinWait()

or example listed above..

or add a Global $var = 0, which changes when ViewBackups_GUI closes and check it in:

While $var = 0

sleep(100)

Wend

Edited March 26, 2010 by GodlessSinner

[martin]

how can i force a script to wait until a gui is closed before continuing?

If FileExists($aDIR & "assets.ini.bak1") Then
            MsgBox(262144, "", "Your config is missing but at least 1 backup copy was found. Please chose a config to restore from.")
            ViewBackups_GUI()
;what can i put here to make the script wait until ViewBackups_GUI is closed?
        EndIf

thanks!

I doubt you can put anything there to wait until ViewBackups_Gui is closed. It depends of course on what the function does. If it creates a gui and waits for a response then the function should close the gui before returning so nothing else is needed. You might want to disable to main gui before the function is called and enable it afterwards though. Buit anything like the suggestions before which don't handle events from the gui you are waiting to be closed will just wait forever.

Or maybe I guessed wrongly what th efunction does.

[JohnOne]

You're right.

Its easy how one phrase can change the whole meaning of something

Is closed and closes mean totally different things and would need to be handled in a different fashion.

[gcue]

actually this worked

$var = False
            ViewBackups_GUI()

            While $var = False
                If WinExists("Restore Assets List") Then
                    Sleep(10)
                Else
                    Exit
                EndIf
            WEnd

i do wait for a response, but the response exits the main script anyway

no response (they close viewbackups_gui) exits the script too =)

so it works out!

thank you very much for your help =)

have a good weekend fellas.

[GodlessSinner]

Global $var

ViewBackups_GUI(); inside func set $var to False, OnCloseGUI - to True

While $var = False

If WinExists("Restore Assets List") Then; Not optimal, you already using variable for this.

Sleep(10)

Else

Exit

EndIf

WEnd

Edited March 26, 2010 by GodlessSinner