Why setTimeOut not working?

[daitranthanhoa]

Why setTimeOut not working?

This is my script:

var p=0;

var link_info="";

function processPage()

{

if (p < 10)

{

link_info += "page:"+p;

p++;

app.setTimeOut(processPage, 1000);

console.println(link_info);

}

else

{

event.value = link_info;

}

}

processPage();

Result output:

page:0

undefined

[try67 · Accepted solution]

It's good it's not working, as you'll end up with an infinite loop of a function that calls itself within it...

I see two issues with it, beyond that:

- The first parameter needs to be a string, not a function. In your case it would be:

"processPage()"

- You should always use a variable to handle the return object of setTimeOut. If you don't do that it often doesn't work, even if you don't use that variable for anything later on. So the complete line should be:

var to1 = app.setTimeOut("processPage()", 1000);

But again, this will lead to an infinite loop. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this code?

[daitranthanhoa]

Thank you, it is ok. My func will finish by p++;

[try67]

Ah yes, since p is defined outside the function it should be OK...

[daitranthanhoa]

Oh, sometime. it still not ok.

var p=0;
var link_info="";
function processPage()
{
if (p < 10)
{
link_info += "page:"+p;
p++;
var t=app.setTimeOut("processPage()", 1000);
console.println(p);
}
else
{
event.value = link_info;
}
}

processPage();

Output: 
1

undefined2
3
4
5
6

[try67]

I ran it from the Console and it worked fine. Where did you place the code, exactly?