Set Global Timeout

[Complhex]

Looking to set a global timeout within a For...Next loop. The For...Next I have is reading from a file list and then does a few robotic button pushes. If the robot hangs at any point (unexpected window), it currently requires user interaction to move forward. Is there a way to globally timeout a For...Next statement based on a specified idle time? I've been playing with _Timer_GetIdleTime() in a giant While loop, but that isn't working so well for me.

I've been trying something along the lines of (there has to be a better way):

For $x = 1 to $AttLoc[0]

While _Timer_GetIdleTime() < 60000

;Do Stuff

ContinueLoop

Wend

;Otherwise do this
FileWrite($LOG, "Error Processing (Global Timeout Threshold Exceeded) - "&$inPath&@CRLF)

Next

[water]

Wouldn't it be best to act on the unexpected window?

[Complhex]

Yes, and in time I will add checks for the unexpected windows, but this is a process that needs to run overnight (without interaction from the user). The idea is to log the files with unexpected results and proceed with everything else. I agree that it's avoiding the issue at hand (but this is what has been asked of me).

[kylomas]

Complhex,

I would do it like this (untested)

For $x = 1 to $AttLoc[0]

    if _Timer_GetIdleTime() > 60000 then 

        ;Do your stall routine
        FileWrite($LOG, "Error Processing (Global Timeout Threshold Exceeded) - "&$inPath&@CRLF)

    endif

    ; keep doing whatever you're doing

Next

kylomas

[Complhex]

Complhex,

I would do it like this (untested)

For $x = 1 to $AttLoc[0]

    if _Timer_GetIdleTime() > 60000 then

        ;Do your stall routine
        FileWrite($LOG, "Error Processing (Global Timeout Threshold Exceeded) - "&$inPath&@CRLF)

    endif

    ; keep doing whatever you're doing

Next

kylomas

I was thinking that way also, but then realized that the if statement would never be true because the keyboard/mouse would have to be idle for 1 minute before the if statement is hit. I somehow need to include the idle check within the entire For...Next routine and the only way I could think of it was with a while loop.

I also tried this sort of thing, but by invoking the function within the other function, it does not maintain the previous function's variables. It essentially pauses the current running function and calls the other function...so there is no way to move to the next item in the XREF, because it has no idea what the XREF is:

#include

Global $iLimit = 1 ; idle limit in Minutes

For $x = 1 to $AttLoc[0]

AdlibRegister("_CheckIdleTime", 500)

;Do Stuff

Next

Func _CheckIdleTime()
If _Timer_GetIdleTime() > $iLimit * 60000 Then
FileWrite($LOG, "Error Processing (Global Timeout Threshold Exceeded) - "&$inPath&@CRLF)
ContinueLoop
EndIf
EndFunc

Edited April 29, 2013 by Complhex

[water]

If the error window pops up you would click on a button and the script continues?

If yes, it would be easy to add a function to check every n seconds for the error window. If found click the button and continue where the script stopped when the error window popped up.

It's called: AdLibRegister.

[kylomas]

Complhex,

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I was thinking that way also, but then realized that the if statement would never be true because the keyboard/mouse would have to be idle for 1 minute before the if statement is hit.

Yes, is this not what you are looking for?

kylomas

edit: I see what you are saying, the for...next loop itsself i stalled.

As water suggested, an ADLIBREGISTER, however, you don't call it in a loop you set it up before the loop. If you are having a problem with variables then declare them outside of func's

Edited April 29, 2013 by kylomas