Timer

[Cherokee]

This is my first post here on the AutoIt forums, so hello everyone

 

AutoIt doesn't support multitasking so I'm trying to find a workaround for this.

I have a function that I want running all of the time, but I also have another function that has sleep() which is interrupting the function that I want to run constantly.

So instead I thought, instead of having it sleep for a certain amount of time, to make it so its set to only execute after a certain amount of time while running all of the other code.

I thought about getting the time and if the seconds for example has a 5 in it, execute the code. So that way it'd only execute every 10 seconds. But would there be an easier, more efficient way of doing this?

Thanks in advance.

[BrewManNH]

TimerInit, and TimerDiff will let you create a method of not executing something during your pause time without blocking your script. There are a lot of examples on the forum for you to checkout that can demonstrate how to do it.

[Cherokee]

TimerInit, and TimerDiff will let you create a method of not executing something during your pause time without blocking your script. There are a lot of examples on the forum for you to checkout that can demonstrate how to do it.

Thanks a million, will take a look.

EDIT: Just had a look at some examples and people seem to be using sleep() in conjunction with TimerInit and TimerDiff. Does anyone have a better example of how I could implement these two functions to create a timer so that I can just make an if statement that executes when $timer = 5.

Edited October 20, 2013 by Cherokee

[BrewManNH]

Ignore the sleep part, it's probably just for demonstrating how it works. Post something you've tried and we'll see what we can do with it.

[guinness]

Better?

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Local $hTimer = TimerInit() ; Begin the timer and store the handle in a variable.
Do
    Sleep(10) ; Break between CPU ticks.
    ConsoleWrite('Waiting...' & @CRLF)
Until TimerDiff($hTimer) > 3000

MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Time Difference", "Completed after 3 seconds.")

[Cherokee]

Got it, here's my final code. Thanks guys.

$begin = TimerInit()
$timout = 3
$last = 0
While 1
    $dif = TimerDiff($begin)
    $Count = int($dif/1000)

if $Count = $last + $timout Then
   MsgBox(64, "test", "test")
   $last = $Count
EndIf
WEnd

Edited October 20, 2013 by Cherokee

[guinness]

You might want to put a sleep in the loop so as not kill your CPU!

[Cherokee]

You might want to put a sleep in the loop so as not kill your CPU!

I'll add that in now, thanks!

[guinness]

I'll add that in now, thanks!

Great.