Optimizing the code - From Polling to events

[koushik]

Here is a working code for a function i wrote.

CODE

Func WaitTillLoad($title)

while True

$text = ControlGetText ( $title, "OK", 2 )

sleep (20)

if $text == "OK" Then

Return

EndIf

Wend

EndFunc

This works fine - but it polls constantly for the change of the text in the control. Is it possible to achieve teh same functionality with some event mechanism?\

Cheers

Koushik

[PsaltyDS]

Here is a working code for a function i wrote.

CODE

Func WaitTillLoad($title)

while True

$text = ControlGetText ( $title, "OK", 2 )

sleep (20)

if $text == "OK" Then

Return

EndIf

Wend

EndFunc

This works fine - but it polls constantly for the change of the text in the control. Is it possible to achieve teh same functionality with some event mechanism?\

Cheers

Koushik

Perhaps you could check for this control with an AdLibEnable() function. That would allow your script to get other things done while periodically checking for this control.

[koushik]

Perhaps you could check for this control with an AdLibEnable() function. That would allow your script to get other things done while periodically checking for this control.

AdLibEnable() also would result in polling - which would be less frequent than the polling involved in the given code - but is there something totally event based?

The GUI event mode mentioned in the help file - is it of any use?

Thanks

Koushik

[ResNullius]

AdLibEnable() also would result in polling - which would be less frequent than the polling involved in the given code - but is there something totally event based?

The GUI event mode mentioned in the help file - is it of any use?

Thanks

Koushik

The Gui OnEvent mode is for GUIs you create.

I'm guessing that your function is waiting for an external program window to load, not an AutoIt Gui?

Give us some more information (about the program you're waiting for) and we might be able to help...

[koushik]

The Gui OnEvent mode is for GUIs you create.

I'm guessing that your function is waiting for an external program window to load, not an AutoIt Gui?

Give us some more information (about the program you're waiting for) and we might be able to help...

The OK button is created in the window based on whether the page is loaded or not. So when the ok button is available I can retrieve some information which is loaded.

Get me?

[Skruge]

If there's no other instance of "OK" in the AutoIt-detectable text of any controls, a simple WinWait($title, "OK") would work.