Re: Is it possible to pause or wait a process
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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
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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/
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