Running 2 loops at the same time?

[Chaz]

Hi, i was wondering if there was any way i can run two loops at the same time

For example, in Turing there is something called Process which ran code at the background while the ptr is doing some other functions etc.

I was wondering if there was something like this for Autoit as well? I just started Using Autoit for a few days and i've looked everywhere in the help file and couldn't find anything that could help me.

Thank you very much

[LxP]

Welcome to the forums Chaz!

Multi-threading is not possible with AutoIt v3. The easiest solution is to run two separate AutoIt scripts simultaneously.

There are some cases however where clever scripting can give the illusion of two things happening at once.

[themax90]

While 1
   If $Variable Then DoFunc()
  ; Otherwise background code...
WEnd

Or

Do
; Background code
Until DoFunc() = -1

Func DoFunc()
   If Random(1, 500, 1) >= 300 Then Return -1
   Return 0
EndFunc

There are other similar solutions but I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Chaz]

Thank you for your fast replies.

The problem i am currently having deals with timers

I want function A to run with timer A without the delay from running function B of Timer B, and vice versa. Unfortunately AutoIt Smith, your suggestions won't work =/ thanks though. I have to make them both independant of each other.

I suppose I will try running two scripts, it sounds the most simplistic right now. If anyone can think of a way to do this I would greatly appreciate it.

[LxP]

I suspected that you wanted to take two actions at differing intervals. This is the kind of case that I was talking about. Try this code on for size:

Local $Timer1, $Delay1 = 5000
Local $Timer2, $Delay2 = 1000

While 1
    If $Timer1 = '' Or TimerDiff($Timer1) > $Delay1 Then
        $Timer1 = TimerInit()
        Action1()
    EndIf
    If $Timer2 = '' Or TimerDiff($Timer2) > $Delay2 Then
        $Timer2 = TimerInit()
        Action2()
    EndIf
; Briefly pause to avoid excessive CPU usage
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func Action1()
; Instructions for action 1 here
EndFunc

Func Action2()
; Instructions for action 2 here
EndFunc

[Chaz]

Wow, thanks! I think this will work perfectly! Thank you very much =)