loop something for specified time

[Matthy]

i want to loop something for a specified time

var = 1

$time = 5000

While Sleep($time)
    _CommSendString('signal')
WEnd

MsgBox(0,"",$var)

this wont work any ideas

cheers

matthy

Edited March 16, 2008 by Matthy

[qazwsx]

look into timers in the helpfile.

[PsaltyDS]

i want to loop something for a specified time

this wont work any ideas

cheers

matthy

You are looking for TimerInit() and TimerDiff() in the help file:

$var = 1

$time = TimerInit()

While TimerDiff($time) < 5000
    _CommSendString('signal')
WEnd

MsgBox(0,"",$var)

[Matthy]

thanx

tried this once for an other script but wouldnt work so skipped this func.

i think i know now what i did wron

thanks

matthy