Set Interval Equivelent

[Smitro]

Hi all,

I'm wanting to build a simple app that counts down for about 20 mins and then plays a sound at the same time it should show the remaining time, and does the same thing over and over all day.

I'm not sure what the best way to do this is.

Idea 1:

Set Timer.

Sleep for 1 mins and check timer get status.

Update Display.

If Timer is found to equal 20 mins then play sound.

Repeat.

But will the timing be out using this method?

Will the clock be waiting for the sound to finish playing before it's reset? Will the display be wrong because it takes time to process? Should the sleeps be ever 15 mins to be more accurate?

Is there a better way to perform the same task?

[hannes08]

Hi Smitro,

You can use TimerInit and TimerDiff to determine your 20 Minutes.

SoundPlay will by default continue the script whilst playing a sound. (You can change that behavior by parameter)

You can update your GUI's display by 1 sec if you like, but then it will be blurred by a second.

[Smitro]

Thanks for the advice I'll give it a go.

[Smitro]

Only thing I'm stuck on is allowing the user to close the window.

How do I make this work? If you hit the close button, nothing happens.

While 1
    Sleep (2000)
    update_time()

    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd

[sahsanu]

How do I make this work? If you hit the close button, nothing happens.

Remove the Sleep. That Sleep(2000) is blocking your script to get GuiGetMsg event.

[Smitro]

Remove the Sleep. That Sleep(2000) is blocking your script to get GuiGetMsg event.

Yes, but I need it to run update_time() every 2 seconds.

[sahsanu]

Yes, but I need it to run update_time() every 2 seconds.

Paste your entire script to check what we can do to solve this.

Edit: A version of your script using GuiOnEventMode instead of GuiGetMsg, so you should have no problems with your sleep and close button.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

$guiExample = GUICreate("Example")
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "_Exit")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
        Sleep(2000)
        update_time()
WEnd

Func update_time()
    ;Here goes your stuff
EndFunc     ;==>update_time

Func _Exit()
    MsgBox(64,"Exit", "Have a nice day",10)
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Edited May 5, 2011 by sahsanu

[Smitro]

Perfect. Thank you!