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How can I start a timer for a certain amount of time and have the script do something at the end of the time?


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Example: I want to have two functions running at the same time, and at first put Sleep() into each of them. But, if one is sleeping, then it makes the other one sleep too, right? How can I have some kind of timer initiate and count time while the other one might still be doing something?

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Well, first of all - There's no such thing as doing two things at the same time in autoit(this is because your code is being run in one thread only(unless you use Adlib, as /dev/null advised below me, and still (if my memory doesn't fail me) autoit pauses it's current operation(ie. your code) to do the one specified in the adlib function..)))

So, running two functions at the same time is (quite)impossible.

Though if you want to run two functions (and do an delay/wait in one of them), you could use TimerInit() and TimerDiff() to do "manual" sleeps - sort of speak.

Edit:

Clarified, and corrected.

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Example: I want to have two functions running at the same time, and at first put Sleep() into each of them. But, if one is sleeping, then it makes the other one sleep too, right? How can I have some kind of timer initiate and count time while the other one might still be doing something?

see AdlibEnable() in the help file.

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I just wrote this post giving an example of how you CAN do multi-threading in autoIt, but then I actually tried it out for myself and it didn't actually work.... so next time I'll experiment BEFORE opening my mouth :">

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Okay.. thanks both of you.. I'll experiment with both things you mentioned.

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