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Timer wildcard problems

Lukas Uebachs

September 19, 2017 10:31

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Is it possible to use wildcards (-1), for every entry in a timer, so that it would trigger every second?

I tried:

m.timer.SetTime(-1,-1,-1)
m.timer.start()

and:

m.timer.SetTime(-1,-1,-1,0)
m.timer.start()

 Both didn't trigger any event, when I use:

m.timer.SetTime(-1,-1,0)
m.timer.start()

 it triggers every minute.

I have a workaround but it is a little bit unhandy, because I have to call the function with each triggered event.

function increaseTimer()
        currentTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
        currentTime.addSeconds(1)
        currentTime.setMillisecond(0)
        
        m.timer.SetDateTime(currentTime)
        m.timer.start()
end function

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7 comments

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  Bright Scripters September 19, 2017 12:51

  You could use a BrightAuthor timeout event set to 1, and if you need to execute some Brightscript code at that interval, you could send a plugin message from the BrightAuthor event.

  If you want to keep everything in the plugin, you could set a timer for 1000ms, and when its event is captured, trigger the same timer again.

   

  We are looking for Bright Scripters such as yourself, and would be happy to chat offline, and get to know you.

  If you find that interesting, please email info@brightscripters.com

   

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  Lukas Uebachs September 19, 2017 13:04

  Because I have a clock and a count down on screen I want the event to trigger on the whole second to have synchronus change on clock and countdown.

  The workaround does the job, found nothing in documentation, that pure wildcard would result in no event triggered.

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  Bright Scripters September 19, 2017 13:58

  Thanks for sharing your results!

   

  Wonder what would happen if you tried a non zero value:

  m.timer.SetTime(-1,-1,-1,999)

  or

  m.timer.SetTime(-1,-1,-1,1)

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  Lukas Uebachs September 19, 2017 14:25

  Already tried with -1,-1,-1,500 no result too

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  Bright Scripters September 19, 2017 14:34

  This could be a bug worth reporting...

  With that said, this could have been put in place by design, to protect us from generating events every 1ms and bring the player down to its knees... :)

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  Lukas Uebachs September 19, 2017 14:47

  So this is the final result, sends plugin message on each full hour, and change user variables CountMinutes; CountSecs:

  function countdown_Initialize(msgPort as Object, userVariables as Object, bsp as Object)
  
      print "countdown_Initialize - entry"
      print "type of msgPort is ";type(msgPort)
      print "type of userVariables is ";type(userVariables)
  
      countdownBuilder = newCountdownBuilder(msgPort, userVariables, bsp)
  
      return countdownBuilder
   
  end function
   
  function newCountdownBuilder(msgPort as Object, userVariables as Object, bsp as Object)
  
      'store global variables
      CountdownBuilder                = { }
      CountdownBuilder.objectName     = "countdown_object"
      CountdownBuilder.msgPort        = msgPort
      CountdownBuilder.bsp            = bsp
      CountdownBuilder.userVariables    = userVariables
      CountdownBuilder.ProcessEvent     = countdown_ProcessEvent
      
      'register timer objects
      CountdownBuilder.systemTime        = CreateObject( "roSystemTime")
      CountdownBuilder.timer            = CreateObject("roTimer")
      CountdownBuilder.timer.setPort( CountdownBuilder.msgPort)
      
      'register functions
      CountdownBuilder.increaseTimer    = increaseTimer
      CountdownBuilder.endCountdown    = endCountdown
      
      if CountdownBuilder.systemTime.isValid() then
          CountdownBuilder.increaseTimer()
      else
          CountdownBuilder.userVariables.CountMinutes.setCurrentValue( "xx", true)
          CountdownBuilder.userVariables.CountSecs.setCurrentValue( "xx", true)
      endif
      
      return CountdownBuilder
       
  end function
  
  function increaseTimer()
          currentTime = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
          currentTime.addSeconds(1)
          currentTime.setMillisecond(0)
          
          m.timer.SetDateTime(currentTime)
          m.timer.start()
  end function
   
  function countdown_ProcessEvent(event as Object)
   
  '    print "type of m is ";type(m)
  '    print "type of event is ";type(event)
      
      if type(event)= "roTimerEvent" then
          
          'check identity to avoid trigger by timeout in presentation
          timerIdentity    = event.getSourceIdentity()
          
          if m.timer.getIdentity() = timerIdentity then
          
              nominutesleft = false
              if m.systemTime.isValid() then
                  m.increaseTimer()
              
                  now     = m.systemTime.GetLocalDateTime()
                  
                  minutes = now.GetMinute()
                  seconds = now.GetSecond()
                  
                  'change this condition if more than once per hour
                  if minutes > 0 then
                      minutes = 60 - minutes
                  else
                      print "NO Minutes left"
                      nominutesleft = true
                  endif
                  
                  if seconds > 0 then
                      seconds = 60 - seconds
                  else
                      seconds = 0
                      if nominutesleft then
                          print "endCountdown"
                          endCountdown(m)
                      endif
                  endif
                  
                  minutesStr$ = minutes.ToStr()
                  if minutes < 10 then
                      minutesStr$ = "0"+minutesStr$
                  endif
                  
                  secStr$ = seconds.ToStr()
                  if seconds < 10 then
                      secStr$ = "0"+secStr$
                  endif
                  
                  m.userVariables.CountMinutes.setCurrentValue( minutesStr$, true)
                  m.userVariables.CountSecs.setCurrentValue( secStr$, true)
  
              endif
              
          endif
          
          return false
      else
          return false
      endif
  
  end function
  
  function endCountdown(counter as Object)
      pluginMessageCmd = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
      pluginMessageCmd["EventType"] = "EVENT_PLUGIN_MESSAGE"
      pluginMessageCmd["PluginName"] = "countdown"
      pluginMessageCmd["PluginMessage"] = "end"
      counter.msgPort.PostMessage(pluginMessageCmd)
  end function

  P.S: Code Tags would be nice in the

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  Bright Scripters September 19, 2017 14:54

  You are the real deal :)

  Thanks for sharing