How do I refresh the content of a field every 5 seconds?

[Ian Wood]

Either have a repeat loop which includes a 'wait 5 seconds with messages' line or a handler which ends with 'send "whateverthenameofthishandleris" to me in 5 seconds.

Both should do this without locking the interface.

Ian

On 8 Sep 2011, at 13:05, William de Smet wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I want tot refresh the content of a field every 5 seconds without locking
> the standalone/stack/IDE.
> The content comes from another field on another stack.
> What is the best way to do this?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> William
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