Someone on the IRC channel asked if JS had a Sleep() function to pause the script for x milliseconds, and apparently it doesn't. I tried to make my own function, but the problem is since it's not multithreaded it causes everything to freeze for the duration that you pause the script.

My function is the following:

code:

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function Sleep(ms)
{
    var x = Interop.Call("Kernel32", "GetTickCount");
    var y = x;
    while (y + ms > x)
    {
        x = Interop.Call("Kernel32", "GetTickCount");
    }
}

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Like you said, as it is not multithreaded I don't think it is possible. That's why Patchou created timers.

Hmm yeah of course, could probably make something using timers...

Each time I needed a sleep() in programs I made, there were always better ways to do this.

What I mean is, you can almost always make a program without the use of a sleep() or the likes. The use of sleep() is almost always not needed at all and often is the result of a bad made routine... at least that's my experience of it.

(there are some uses for it of course, but they are rare)

HO

You could try to do something like this:

/* Global Var */
var flag = false;


/* Wherever you want */
[...]
MsgPlus.AddTimer("MyTimer",5000);
while(flag == false) {}
[...]


/* The timer */
OnEvent_Timer(TimerId)
{
    if (TimerId == "MyTimer")
    {
        flag=true;
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("MyTimer",5000);
    }
}

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Originally posted by Riveck
You could try to do something like this:

/* Global Var */
var flag = false;


/* Wherever you want */
[...]
MsgPlus.AddTimer("MyTimer",5000);
while(flag == false) {}
[...]


/* The timer */
OnEvent_Timer(TimerId)
{
    if (TimerId == "MyTimer")
    {
        flag=true;
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("MyTimer",5000);
    }
}

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Erm... why on earth loop through GetTickCount when there's a win32 Sleep function ?

show us master for i am a nub

why would you ever want to while loop to pause your code just pass a function and get the function which handles the timer to call it when it is up and you can use closures to pass variables

eg

code:

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var callback;
function myCode(arg1){
    //do stuff
   
    //oh noes now i need to sleep to wait for a value
   
    //function to call when timer is up
   
    function returnCallback(arg1){
        function callback(arg){
            return arg1 * arg;
        }
    return callback;
    }
    callback = returnCallback(5);
    MsgPlus.AddTimer("MyTimer",5000);
   
}



function OnEvent_Timer(TimerId){
    if(TimerId == "MyTimer"){
    //it should show the result of 5*5
    Debug.Trace(callback(5));
    }
}

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
Erm... why on earth loop through GetTickCount when there's a win32 Sleep function ?

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So how could I make the following sleep for 5 seconds at the location indicated...

code:

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function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(Wnd,Msg) {
    if(Msg == "^toast") {
   
        var x = 0;
   
        do
            {
                Messenger.MyStatus = 2;
                Messenger.MyStatus = 3;
                x = x+1
                //Sleep here
            }
        while (x < 3);
       
    return "";
    }
}

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I suggest you simply don't...

quote:

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Each time I needed a sleep() in programs I made, there were always better ways to do this.

What I mean is, you can almost always make a program without the use of a sleep() or the likes. The use of sleep() is almost always not needed at all and often is the result of a bad made routine... at least that's my experience of it.

(there are some uses for it of course, but they are rare)

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Exactly... I haven't been able to get the timers to work so I was looking for a little more help on how to make the timers work... here's my current code...

code:

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//Check for /command
function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(ChatWnd, sMessage) {
    if(sMessage.charAt(0) == "/"){
        return parseCommands(sMessage,ChatWnd);
    }
    else{
        return sMessage;
    }
}

//Add the /command in command list
function OnGetScriptCommands(){
    var commands = '<ScriptCommands>';
        commands+='<Command>';
            commands+='<Name>toastspammer</Name>';
            commands+='<Description>Appear Offline and then back Online</Description>';
            commands+='<Parameters/>';
        commands+='</Command>';
    commands+='</ScriptCommands>';
    return commands;
}

//Parse commands
function parseCommands(sMessage,iOriginWnd) {   
    var x = 0;
   
    do
        {
            Messenger.MyStatus = 2;
            Messenger.MyStatus = 3;
            x = x+1
            //Sleep here
        }
    while (x < 3); //Number of times to sign on and off
                 //NOTICE: Messenger can't handle very many without
                 //          slowing down or possibly crashing, unless
                 //          the timer is enabled so they don't all occur
                 //          at the same time.
       
    return "";
}

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You can just use this DLL (see attachment) :

code:

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    Interop.Call(MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath+'\\Wait.dll', "Attente", 1000); // Wait 1000 ms
    Interop.FreeDLL(MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath+'\\Wait.dll');

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Originally posted by sbegouin
You can just use this DLL (see attachment) :

code:

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    Interop.Call(MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath+'\\Wait.dll', "Attente", 1000); // Wait 1000 ms
    Interop.FreeDLL(MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath+'\\Wait.dll');

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This method doesn't freeze the processor (usage is at 0%) , but during this, you can't do anything with WLM.

quote:

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Originally posted by segosa
That just calls Sleep() which you can do with Interop.Call directly too. And it's not multithreaded, so it'll freeze WLM.

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