Leaving a program idle for a long time

[Wicked_Caty]

What am I supposed to do, if a program is able for a long time?

My program is idle for 20 minutes, before doing a very tiny task, and then starting all over again.

I tries using Sleep(), but that literally melts my CPU and pushes them up for 20 to 30%. Permanently checking the time costs too much CPU too.

Any other way of doing this? Preferably without taking more than 1% CPU. It also needn't be exactly 20 minutes, everything between 15 and 25 is fine too

Thanks!

[Melba23]

Wicked_Caty,

I run many AutoIt executables that stay idle for long periods - and none of them use any CPU. It sounds as if you have a tight loop while idling which is using up cycles - try adding a Sleep(10) inside the loop. Or post the code you use and we can see exactly how to deal with the problem.

M23

[kylomas]

Wicked_Caty,

I think the problem is in line....

Oh, wait, have not seen the code.

kylomas

edit: Shit, there goes M23 and his bionic fingers...

Edited February 13, 2016 by kylomas

[Wicked_Caty]

Sorry, totally forgot to paste the code xD

Reminder.au3

[kylomas]

Wicked_Caty,

Your code doesn't do anything...

Func Reminder0()

   While 1

      Sleep(20000)
      SoundPlay(@AppDataCommonDir + "\rem\sound.mp3")

   WEnd

EndFunc

Func Reminder1()

   While 1

      ; variable t0 for desired time
      ; calculation for variable t1 for desired time <--- know how to do that, but this is just an example

      While Not $t0 = $t1

         SoundPlay(@AppDataCommonDir + "\rem\sound.mp3")
         ExitLoop()

      WEnd

   WEnd

EndFunc

kylomas

edit: ExitLoop is not a function, it is a statement.  Please post a runnable reproducer.

Edited February 13, 2016 by kylomas

[Wicked_Caty]

That's not the whole code. And the whole code doesn't matter. That are only the two ways that I've figured out put into two functions. It's about the part within the functions, but what's written outside of it. And it would do something if you add those silly two lines outside of the functions and declare the variables $t0 and $t1

[kylomas]

See my edit...