TimerInit + TimerDiff problem

[Oldschool]

Alright, in this basic example the so to say Session Timer works if $GUISessionTime value stays low...

If you make the $GUISessionTime = 180 or something significant, it stops working...meaning the session never ends.

I'm totally stomped here...

Is there a better way to do this?

#include <file.au3>  
    HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
    $GUISessionTime = 10  ;minutes     ;IniRead(@ScriptDir & "\myProg.ini", "Options", "SessionTime", "")
    ;MsgBox(0, "Reading .ini GUI session time", $GUISessionTime)
    $SessionTime = (($GUISessionTime * 60000) + Random(- 30000, 60000, 1))
    _FileWriteLog(@DesktopDir & "\myProg.log", " SessionTime = " & $SessionTime )
    $SessionTimer = TimerInit()
        
    While 1
        Sleep(100)
        If TimerDiff($SessionTimer) > $SessionTime Then
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    WEnd
    _FileWriteLog(@DesktopDir & "\myProg.log", " SessionTimer exceeded desired session time.")
    EndSession() 
    
    Func EndSession()
        Sleep(500)
        Send("{SPACE}")
        Terminate()
    EndFunc   ;==>EndSession
    Func Terminate()
        _FileWriteLog(@DesktopDir & "\myProg.log", "////////////// Exited Script/////////////////////////////////////////")
        Exit 0
    EndFunc   ;==>Terminate

Edited November 28, 2007 by Oldschool

[weaponx]

Did you actually set it to 180 minutes and wait 180 minutes for it to end? Maybe you should create a gui with a label showing time elapsed and time remaining.

I posted an example a while back:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...amp;hl=btnstart

[Oldschool]

Did you actually set it to 180 minutes and wait 180 minutes for it to end? Maybe you should create a gui with a label showing time elapsed and time remaining.

Well, this structure is part of another script, and yes I let the script run, come back after the supposed session end, and it's still running.

I can use _NowCalc() I guess instead of this...

I'm almost positive that TimerDiff() is limited somehow...

[Oldschool]

UP

No one else ever had this problem with TimerDiff() ???

What are my other options controlling run time?

Plz

Edited November 29, 2007 by Oldschool

[PsaltyDS]

Try this simplification to see if you have a real problem (which I doubt):

$iTimer = TimerInit()
$sStart = @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC
Do
    Sleep(100)
Until TimerDiff($iTimer) > (180 * 60 * 1000) ; 3Hrs
MsgBox(64, "Time Test", "Start: " & $sStart & @CRLF & "  End: " & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & ":" & @SEC)