AW: what actually happens when sending a message out of a repeat loop?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Richard,
oh that's new for me. My loop looks like this:

repeat 100
	doSomething
end repeat

on doSomething
	something
end

I didn't knew that the calling handler waits for the execution of a message
handler. I thought that it would only wait, if you use a function call, like

Repeat 100
	Get doSomething()
end repeat

Thanks for clarifying
Tiemo


> 
> When you send a message like this:
> 
>    repeat 100
>     send "DoSomething" to btn "SomeScripts"
>    end repeat
> 
> ...it executes DoSomething and only returns to the calling handler when
> DoSomething finishes.
> 
> But if you use this form:
> 
>    repeat 100
>     send "DoSomething" to btn "SomeScripts" in 10 millisecs
>    end repeat
> 
> ...then the repeat loop will continue, and DoSomething (like all timer
> messages) will only be fired once the engine hits idle.
> 
> Are you using the "send...in <time>" form?
> 
> If not, we may need to see your scripts to figure out what's going on
> there.
> 
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>   Richard Gaskin
>   Managing Editor, revJournal
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