timing and delay

[Engineer]

I'd like build a program that regularly opens up a window every 2 hours and then preform actions in that window. the problem is I can's seem to find a timing system for the program. and on that same subject, is there a way to create multiple timers in the GUI? any help on this subject would be apricated

[hannes08]

Hi Engineer,

sure you can set different timers... also take a look at Adlib*() functions.

You could also start your script over scheduled tasks on a regular basis.

[monoscout999]

there many way to doing that. As hannes123 says Adlib function is one of them... when you register the Adlib Function you have to set the time that the function has to wait until executes again... For Ex. AdlibRegister("MyFunc", 1000*60*60*2) will be execute that function every 2 hours...

The time is in miliseconds.. that is the reason of the multiply operations.

1000 ms = 1 second

1 second * 60 = 1 minute

1 minute * 60 = 1 hour

1 hour * 2 = 2 hours

I hope you get it.

another ways will be using a loop with a Sleep() command inside of it... or Using Timers, TimerInit() and TimerDiff()

[wakillon]

You can use _DateDiff in your script Loop.

#Include <Date.au3>

Global $_Timer = _NowCalc ( )

While 1
    $_NowCalc = _NowCalc ( )
    If _DateDiff ( "h", $_Timer, $_NowCalc ) >= 2 Then  ; 2 hours
        ConsoleWrite ( "$_NowCalc : " & $_NowCalc & @Crlf )
        $_Timer = $_NowCalc
    EndIf
    Sleep ( 10 )
WEnd

[MvGulik]

the problem is I can's seem to find a timing system for the program.

There are different ways of timing things. Which way is best depend on how and when its used.

For inside a running program. Adlib + TimerInt()&TimerDif + some variable's that contains the timer(s) start point work very nice.

Using a GMT like timestamp(value) or some YY.MM.DD.HH.MM.SS(.XXX) time 'string' are best used when saving and reloading timer data.

is there a way to create multiple timers in the GUI?

Not really ... You just display things in the GUI part. But creating multiple timers is no problem. And displaying them in a GUI is no problem either.

Example(GUI screenshot):

This is just using one adlib function, with a array containing the timer data. (Time start point)

[hannes08]

Hi Engineer

Take a look at Adlib*() functions in the help file.

Why don't you want to start your program over scheduled tasks?