Running Processes in the background

[Ralph DiMola]

Enclose tTest in quotes in the send otherwise it is looking for the variable
tTest.

send "tTest" to me in 1 minute

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net



-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Glen Bojsza
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 12:20 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: Running Processes in the background

Hi Ralph,

 I tried an example outlined by you and I keep getting en error where  it
can't find the handler?


*on* mouseUp

   *put* 1 into x

   *set* the stimer of this stack to "false"

   *send* tTest to me in 1 minute                     **this is where the
first error occurs?

   *repeat* for 30 times

      *if* the stimer of this stack is true *then*

         *put* "reached goal" into fld counter

      *else*

         *put* x + 6 into x

         *put* x into fld counter

         *wait* for 1 second

         *end* *if*

      *end* *repeat*



*end* mouseUp


*on* tTest

 *put* "made it to tTest with x = " & x & cr

 *send* tTest to me in 1 minutes

*end* tTest

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Ralph DiMola <rdimola at evergreeninfo.net>
wrote:

> Send in time will do it. You can also get the message ID to cancel the 
> pending message.
>
> Example(not tested)
> Start up the timers(messages) in the main startup code:
>
> Send "testit to me in 1 minute
> Send "testitlong to me in 10 minutes
>
> Then use 2 handlers to receive the messages.
>
> On testit
>  If some condition is true then do something  Send "testit to me in 1 
> minutes End on testit
>
> On testitlong
>  If some condition is true then do something  Send "testitlong to me 
> in 10 minutes End on testitlong
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On 
> Behalf Of Glen Bojsza
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 10:02 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Running Processes in the background
>
> Hello,
>
> Are there any examples of how to run a process in the background in an 
> application?
>
> I need to have two timer processes run when the user is using the 
> application.
>
> The processes need to check for certain trigger values every
>
> - 1 minute
>
> - 10 minutes
>
> If the trigger value(s) exist then the application takes the user to a 
> different part in the application.
>
> Everything I have read is that LC is not multithreaded but there is a 
> way to generate these as loops that can check for these values?
>
> Any direction or examples are appreciated.
>
> regards,
>
> Glen
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