AdlibRegister/AdlibUnregister

[VelvetElvis]

Is AdlibUnregister automatically called or assumed on appiication exit?

My script uses AdlibRegister to call a routine that determines if the app has run longer than n minutes and kills it if necessary.

Is it necessary to explicitly call AdlibUnregister before terminating the app?

[AdmiralAlkex]

I don't understand what you mean. If the process isn't running then how is it supposed to do anything? You mind writing the question another way?

[VelvetElvis]

I don't understand what you mean. If the process isn't running then how is it supposed to do anything? You mind writing the question another way?

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Let me try again.

I used AdlibRegister at the beginning of my app. The function it points to checks every 60 seconds to see how long the app has been running. If it's been running more than a specified number of minutes, then the function kills the app.

Must I use AdlibUNregister before I exit my application, to unregister this function? Sorry if that isn't clear enough. I'm concerned about invoking some Windows routine that remains active after my scrip terminates, which of course I don't want to do.

Hope that explains it a bit better.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Oh right.

Windows actually cleans up pretty much all the handles and stuff that belongs to a process, so even if AdlibRegister uses some timer or something (hard to say as the source isn't available) Windows would do it for you.

So you can do as you want here. If you're a person that likes things to be tidy then add it. It's just 1 line anyway. If you want to go to bed 5 seconds earlier today, () then skip it!

As a guideline: If you should "clean up" after yourself, it's noted so in the helpfile.

Edit: Or that is my opinion anyway, I have only been here 1 year more that you What has you been doing these 2 years?

Edited September 20, 2010 by AdmiralAlkex

[wakillon]

As you can see in the helpfile

Example

AdlibRegister("MyAdlib")

;...

Exit

Func MyAdlib()

;... execution must be non blocking, avoid ...Wait(), MsgBox(), InputBox() functions

If WinActive("Error") Then

;...

EndIf

EndFunc

No "AdlibUnRegister" !

[VelvetElvis]

As you can see in the helpfile

No "AdlibUnRegister" !

Thank you. I guess AdlibUnregister is _only_ required when reassigning Adlib within the same script.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Thank you. I guess AdlibUnregister is _only_ required when reassigning Adlib within the same script.

No then you would just AdlibRegister the function again. AdlibUnregister is only for when you want it to stop.

[BrewManNH]

Thank you. I guess AdlibUnregister is _only_ required when reassigning Adlib within the same script.

As the help file says, Adlib can register more than one function at a time, reregistering the same function using AdlibRegister would just change the time. So, you don't need to unregister it, unless as Admiral said, you need it to stop being called automatically.

Several Adlib functions can be registered. Re-registering an already existing Adlib function will update it with a new time.