posixcompliant Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I'm looking to fire off several actions at certain, precise and staggered offsets from an initial point in time. So let's say that after precisely 17 seconds, the first function is fired. After 19 seconds, the second function is fired. After 21 seconds, the third function is fired. The problem is that each of these three staggered functions may block for a brief but indeterminate period of time, and I'm looking to delay each function relative to the starting time, as opposed to delaying each function relative to the completion of the preceding one. Is this kind of thing possible in AutoIt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution posixcompliant Posted July 6, 2014 Author Solution Share Posted July 6, 2014 Oh! I actually seem to have come to a solution to my problem via TimerInit() and TimerDiff(). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gianni Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) you could use my >simple stopwatch udf. here a possible way of use: expandcollapse popupStopwatch(3) ; reset counter to 0 and start counting ; call here your first function() ; if your function takes longer than 3 seconds to complete ; then it will delay the entire process of course Do ; example of use do/until loop to wait Until Stopwatch() >= 3000 ; stay here for 3 seconds (3000 ms) from previous stopwatch reset ConsoleWrite(Stopwatch() & " ms elapsed" & @CRLF) ; ---------------------------------------------------- Stopwatch(3) ; reset counter to 0 and start counting ; call here your second function() ; if your function takes longer than 4 seconds to complete ; then it will delay the entire process of course While Stopwatch() <= 4000; stay here for 4 seconds (4000 ms) from previous stopwatch reset WEnd ; example of use while/Wend loop to wait ConsoleWrite(Stopwatch() & " ms elapsed" & @CRLF) ; #FUNCTION# (snippet) ========================================================================================================== ; Name...........: Stopwatch ; Description ...: returns the number of milliseconds counted (according to actions requests by caller) ; Syntax.........: Stopwatch([$action]) ; Parameters ....: $action: 0 - pause counting ; 1 - resume counting ; 2 - reset counter to 0 and stops ; 3 - reset counter to 0 and start counting ; 4 - (default) just ruturns actual counting value and status (status in @extended) ; ; Return values .: number of milliseconds in counter ; @extended contains paused status (1 or 0) ; 1 if stopwatch is in pause ; 0 if stopwatch is counting ; ; Author ........: ; Modified.......: ; Remarks .......: ; Related .......: ; Link ..........: ; Example .......: yes ; =============================================================================================================================== Func Stopwatch($ToggleTo = 4) Static Local $Paused = True Static Local $Stopwatch = 0 Static Local $TotalTime = 0 Switch $ToggleTo Case 0 ; pause counter If $Paused Then SetExtended($Paused) ; $Paused status Return $TotalTime ; already paused, just return current $TotalTime Else $TotalTime += TimerDiff($Stopwatch) $Paused = True SetExtended($Paused) Return $TotalTime EndIf Case 1 ; unpause counter If $Paused Then $Stopwatch = TimerInit() $Paused = False SetExtended($Paused) Return $TotalTime Else SetExtended($Paused) Return $TotalTime + TimerDiff($Stopwatch) EndIf Case 2 ; reset to 0 and pause $Paused = True $TotalTime = 0 SetExtended($Paused) Return $TotalTime Case 3 ; reset to 0 and restart $Paused = False $TotalTime = 0 $Stopwatch = TimerInit() SetExtended($Paused) Return $TotalTime Case 4 ; return status SetExtended($Paused) If $Paused Then Return $TotalTime Else Return $TotalTime + TimerDiff($Stopwatch) EndIf EndSwitch EndFunc ;==>Stopwatch EDIT: moved the calling of your function outside the loops in listing EDIT2: after reading better the first post, I see that there is not need to use my stopwatch in this case, but the use of TimerInit() / TimerDiff() is sufficient. anyway... it also works Edited July 6, 2014 by Chimp Chimp small minds discuss people average minds discuss events great minds discuss ideas.... and use AutoIt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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