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harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

Ok , so i 've been trying to get a stop routine
that will work in a program with a long "wait" in a "repeat"
i have a
until @event(killbutton)
but that won't stop it when in the "wait"
anybody have a kill routine that will always work?

thanks

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject:

I think the 'wait' is the problem your experiencing here. I think that VDS
stops script execution until the wait interval expires. Here's something
to try ->

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

i thought
until @equal(%%event,KillButton)
was my primary condition?
i tried that a while back and it doesn't stop the progy

this progy sits and runs through at 180-900 seconds waiting until
files are made and then it renames & moves it for safe keeping

and i think your right vds does hang in the wait paramater.
when debugging you hit a button and nothing shows in "EVENT"
until the script continues

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject:

For me in any case, I use repeat loops with a counter. Since I wasn't sure
exactly what you were doing, I assumed that there was some other
possible condition to your loop. My mistake.

I think that you might be better off setting a TIMER event and then using
your apps primary Evloop to catch the 'KillButton' event. Use a variable to
track when the timer loop is running, and then kill the timer if the
'KillButton' event is fired.

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

so the timer can be interrupted/termanated with a key stroke?

your suggestions are helpful even if your not really knowing exactly what i'm doing ( and that includes me too) thanks

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

Use a timer can be stopped with the TIMER stop,<n> command.

I was glad to help, even if in a small way. Smile

Garrett · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

I use a repeat myself and check the events each pass of the loop. That's always worked for me. Oh, and I usually have a "Wait 0.5" in there so I don't peg out the CPU.

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

hey Garrett you still in tacoma??
anyway its good to see that lots of you guys are still here.
i don't use vds enough and its maybe a year or more between progys...
so thanks for answering my brain dead lamer questons.

harry
aka: george, a vds'er since 2.2

BTW: this is what finally worked for me,with no repeat,until or evloop
the goto and startover label are used instead.

:startover
rem do other stuff
:takeabreak
timer start,1,ctdown,00-00:00:10
wait event,
if @equal(@event(),killbutton)
goto killbutton
else
end
timer stop,1
goto startover

:Close
:KILLBUTTON
stop

DaveR · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:32 am Post subject:

You have not got a ':timer1ctdown' label so if the timer ever counts down to zero you will get an error.

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

that no lablel thing (timer1ctdown)
doesn't seem to bother it . i've had the progy running for
about 14hours now and the timer goes off (completes its cycle)
every 3mins. to 9 mins depending on
if a file is found or not with no errors or chokes as of yet

Garrett · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

Down in Lakewood now, near the V.A. Hospital at American Lake, just to the side of FT Lewis, or tucked in there.

Like you also, I don't really use VDS much, except the occasional little project. So I've forgotten so much now Sad

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

its good that there are some , lots of code samples here and on my
computers otherwise i'd be extra braindead with VDS by now.......

i'm sure you still have kids how about the wifetype? same one?

well i'm still a glassblower, also opened up a moped/scooter shop
about 4 years ago..... this last winter i hooked up with a old pal and him & i are the tech for 2 local community radio stations 1 a fcc sanctioned
fm station & 1 is a part15 am ( no license needed), i did all the station programing too & been using vds for all the other little tools needed.......
it's all local music(whidbey island) ,try the shoutcast stream...
209.166.94.197:8000 or port 8004 , one is for dialup and the other is
broadband.

DaveR · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:01 am Post subject:

Garrett · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

Still the same wife, still the same kids, still the same headaches, just we're all older now.. Wink

LOL

Actually, one of my kids turned 18 this year.... Figured they were all suppose to spread their wings when they turned 18 and get their own life!!! WRONG!!! Hahahahahahaaa.... It's all good though since we all get along great anyway, and he's good about pitching in work wise in the house or money wise if he has any.

So still doing the glass blowing, but added moped and radio to the mix eh? Seems actually like a good, fun and interesting mix of things to do. Smile

I've actually been spending most of my time playing an game online called "Freelancer". It's kind of a space sim thing similar to Eve, but much less complicated and much more fun, and also doesn't cost anything to play online. When I get bored of killing people all over the universe, then I either watch a movie, or dabble a bit in VDS or something else.

Speaking of which, I feel the urge to kill people in space coming on right now....... Cya!

harry · Contributor Joined: 01 May 2003 Posts: 61

a 18 year old is not too bad....
i have a 33 year old thats been to iraq and back and now a grandson ....yeiks!! that'll age ya. oh well, at least i still have all
my hair!