Timer

[sunman4008]

Hello

Is there a timer functionality where you start a timer and when it finishes you execute some code?

[waynecd]

Hi,

A web search of "javascript timer" or similar search terms will bring up examples.

Here is a sample I modified from code on the web. It may provide you with a staring point.

debugClear();
var bGotIt = false;
var timerStart = 0;
var vTimelimit = 5;//set timer to 30 seconds
var stopTime = false;
function main() {

    var timerNow;
    var vTimeA = new Date();//vTimeA = the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00
    if (bGotIt == false) {
        timerStart = (vTimeA)*1;
        bGotIt = true; 
    }
    timerNow = (vTimeA)*1;
    var timeLapsed = (timerNow-timerStart)/1000;
    if(timeLapsed < vTimelimit){
        //place code here
        if(timeLapsed>0) debugPrintln("timeLapsed = "+timeLapsed + " Seconds");
    }else{//resets the timer every "vTimelimit" seconds or comment out if I just need a timer one time.
        if(!stopTime){
            debugPrintln("Total Seconds Lapsed: "+timeLapsed);
            stopTime = true;
        }
        timeLapsed = 0;
    }
//        debugPrintln("timeLapsed = "+timeLapsed);

    return;
} 

Wayne