exiting script takes a while

[St4inL3ss]

I have made this small script:

#Include <Constants.au3>
#NoTrayIcon

Opt("TrayMenuMode",1)

$exititem = TrayCreateItem("Exit")

TraySetState()

$failures = 0

While 1
    $msg = TrayGetMsg()
    If $msg = $exititem Then Exit
    $var = Ping("www.yahoo.com",1000)
    TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",50)
    sleep(100)
    
    If ($var >0 AND $var < 500) Then
        TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",239)
        TraySetToolTip("ping=" & $var)
        sleep(5000)
        $failures=0
    Else
        $failures=$failures+1
        TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",338)
        TraySetToolTip("ping=" & $var & ",failures=" & $failures )
        sleep(1000)
    EndIf   

WEnd

but when I click Exit from the tray menu, the script doesn't close instanly. It usually takes 2-3 minutes to close. Any ideas why this happens?

[jvanegmond]

Hi,

the sleeps in your program are too long, they are making your program unresponsive.

[St4inL3ss]

I need the sleeps to be long. Is there any alternative to make this work?

[jvanegmond]

Use TrayEvent mode perhaps. Split sleeps up in little sleeps.

You don't need the sleeps to be long, you need the application do nothing (except get tray messages) for a long time.

[St4inL3ss]

I changed it using TrayItemSetOnEvent and it works now, thanks.

This is it:

#Include <Constants.au3>
#NoTrayIcon

Opt("TrayOnEventMode",1)
Opt("TrayMenuMode",1)

$exititem = TrayCreateItem("Exit")
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1,"ExitScript")

TraySetState()

$failures = 0

While 1
    $var = Ping("www.yahoo.com",1000)
    TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",50)
    sleep(100)
    
    If ($var >0 AND $var < 500) Then
        TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",239)
        TraySetToolTip("ping=" & $var)
        sleep(5000)
        $failures=0
    Else
        $failures=$failures+1
        TraySetIcon("Shell32.dll",338)
        TraySetToolTip("ping=" & $var & ",failures=" & $failures )
        sleep(1000)
    EndIf   

WEnd

Func ExitScript()
    Exit
EndFunc