Re: Is it possible to pause or wait a process

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 34857
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks Charles - sound like a reasonable solution - I presume there'll be little if any processor load during the wait?? What is WebCat doing during waitforfile - making repeated calls to the OS file system?>off the top of my head, you could do something like this: > >[waitforfile file=some_non_existent_file.txt&timeout=[wait_time]] >where the value for wait_time is passed in and increased with each >progressive load and some_non_existent_file.txt is just that, never >there. > >[math show=f]wait_time=([wait_time]+30)[/math] > >>Is there a context or command such as pause or wait - whereby a >>spawned event could be delayed by a set number of seconds? If not can >>anyone think of a way of achieving this (without putting any load on >>the processor obviously)? For example I'd like someone who enters an >>incorrect password to wait progressively longer for the result to be >>returned to them after each incorrect attempt. >> > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Thanks Charles - sound like a reasonable solution - I presume there'll be little if any processor load during the wait?? What is WebCat doing during waitforfile - making repeated calls to the OS file system?>off the top of my head, you could do something like this: > >[waitforfile file=some_non_existent_file.txt&timeout=[wait_time]] >where the value for wait_time is passed in and increased with each >progressive load and some_non_existent_file.txt is just that, never >there. > >[math show=f]wait_time=([wait_time]+30)[/math] > >>Is there a context or command such as pause or wait - whereby a >>spawned event could be delayed by a set number of seconds? If not can >>anyone think of a way of achieving this (without putting any load on >>the processor obviously)? For example I'd like someone who enters an >>incorrect password to wait progressively longer for the result to be >>returned to them after each incorrect attempt. >> > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Rob Schmidt

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