Timed scripts without locking up functionality

[Mike Bonner]

put a "wait 0 with messages" somewhere in the loop, or use a send in time
loop instead.

send "handlername" to me in 120 seconds




On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
skip at magicgate.com> wrote:

> I am having a hard time researching a solution since most of the forums are
> down :)  Here is my issue, hopefully somebody has the simple answer to my
> question...
>
> I have a script that runs every two minutes and I have been calling it
> with:
>
> on mouseUp
>   wait for 120 seconds
>   processRequest
> end mouseUp
>
> I then call a repeat script that keeps checking for the status and
> repeating it until a condition is met.  Obviously when I do this it locks
> up my software until the condition has been satisfied.
>
> How can I do this without locking everything up?
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