how do I count in seconds?

[ReaImDown]

$i = 1
do
ToolTip(Int((100 - $i) / 10))
$i = $i + 1
until $i = 100

this kind of seems to work, but I think its 1/2 a second off lol

[The Kandie Man]

This is the best way to do what you are asking. Please keep in mind that the sleep() function also pauses a script for an amount of time. The sleep function pauses a script for a certain number of milliseconds. 1000 milliseconds is equal to 1 second, so if you want to pause a script for 1 second, you would simply do Sleep(1000).

The way I am doing it here utilizes the Timer functions that AutoIt has. The timer functions check to see how much time has passed since they were activated. TimerInit() creates an activation value that can be read by TimerDiff(). TimerDiff() then returns the amount of time in milliseconds since TimerInit() set a timestamp on the variable.

Dim $i_TimeStamp = TimerInit()
Dim $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds = 10
Dim $i_OriginalSeconds = $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds
While 1
    If TimerDiff($i_TimeStamp) >= 1000 Then
        ToolTip($i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds)
        $i_TimeStamp = TimerInit()
        IF $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds = 0 Then Exitloop
        $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds -= 1
    EndIf
    sleep(10)
WEnd
Msgbox(0,"Done!","Done counting down from " & $i_OriginalSeconds  & ".")

- The Kandie Man ;-)

[enaiman]

I'm wondering why don't you use Sleep?

Is this what you want?

$i = 1
do
Sleep(1000)
ToolTip(Int($i))
$i = $i + 1
until $i = 100

[SmOke_N]

I'm wondering why don't you use Sleep?

Is this what you want?

$i = 1
do
Sleep(1000)
ToolTip(Int($i))
$i = $i + 1
until $i = 100

If you're wanting to do anything in-between the code, you wouldn't necessarily want to use sleep?

[ReaImDown]

If you're wanting to do anything in-between the code, you wouldn't necessarily want to use sleep?

I would be wanting to do stuff as well as that lol

This is the best way to do what you are asking. Please keep in mind that the sleep() function also pauses a script for an amount of time. The sleep function pauses a script for a certain number of milliseconds. 1000 milliseconds is equal to 1 second, so if you want to pause a script for 1 second, you would simply do Sleep(1000).

The way I am doing it here utilizes the Timer functions that AutoIt has. The timer functions check to see how much time has passed since they were activated. TimerInit() creates an activation value that can be read by TimerDiff(). TimerDiff() then returns the amount of time in milliseconds since TimerInit() set a timestamp on the variable.

Dim $i_TimeStamp = TimerInit()
Dim $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds = 10
Dim $i_OriginalSeconds = $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds
While 1
    If TimerDiff($i_TimeStamp) >= 1000 Then
        ToolTip($i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds)
        $i_TimeStamp = TimerInit()
        IF $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds = 0 Then Exitloop
        $i_TimeToCountDownFromSeconds -= 1
    EndIf
    sleep(10)
WEnd
Msgbox(0,"Done!","Done counting down from " & $i_OriginalSeconds  & ".")

- The Kandie Man ;-)

thanks! exactly what I needed

Edited May 30, 2007 by ReaImDown

[PsaltyDS]

I would be wanting to do stuff as well as that lol

thanks! exactly what I needed

Another favorite of mine is to use AdLibEnable() to get a "set it and forget it" kind of timer running in the background:

$PulseTime = Number(InputBox("Pulse", "Enter time in msec between pulses: "))
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_Quit")
AdlibEnable("_Pulse", $PulseTime)

; The script can go on and do anything else in the mean time:
$Pi = 3.0
$PiDigits = 0
Do 
    ; Calculate 1,000,000 digits of pi...
    Sleep(5)
    $PiDigits += 1
Until $PiDigits = 1000000

Func _Pulse()
    TrayTip("Pulse of Pi", "Pi calculated to " & $PiDigits & " places...", 5)
    Beep(2000, 100)
EndFunc

Func _Quit()
    Exit
EndFunc