Can I set up a delayed message queue?

[William Prothero]

Scott:
Yes, I had tried to send multiple delayed messages and now I find that the simple way just works. I can set more than one delayed send message and they seem to queue properly. Sorry for the goof. I guess I’m jumping in to ask a question a bit too fast. I’ll be better.
Best,
Bill

> On May 7, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps I'm not understanding your comment, but I don't believe it's
> correct.  Try the following on a card (one button, one field):
> 
> [ button script ]
> 
> on mouseUp
>  repeat 3
>    send "doStuff" to me in 1 second
>    wait 500 millisecs with messages
>  end repeat
> end mouseUp
> 
> 
> on doStuff
>  put "got it" & cr after fld 1
> end doStuff
> 
> You should get 3 lines placed in the field.
> 
> 
> If you're doing anything that causes a blocking action in LiveCode (such
> as displaying the answer dialog), it's possible that a sent-in-time
> message could get skipped, but for the most part, you should be able to
> queue up several of the same message, each with its own id.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/7/15, 10:24 AM, "William Prothero" <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Folks:
>> I have several timed situations in my app. They run specific handlers in
>> a set number of seconds. It looks to me like there can only be a single
>> invocation of ³send xyz in myDelay seconds² at a time.
>> 
>> I¹m thinking of setting up a queue to do this. I¹m thinking of a handler
>> that sends a message to itself every second, then activates various
>> handlers when their delay time is satisfied. So I¹d need to manage these
>> times in my own handler. I can do this, but wonder if I¹m on the right
>> track.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> William A. Prothero
>> http://es.earthednet.org/
>> 
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