dialog window timer

[hamdifem]

opened dialogue window close after 10 seconds

Is there a command to do this

[G. Singelmann · Accepted solution]

function show_ready( msg, msec) {
     var w = new Window("palette");
     w.add("statictext", undefined, msg);
     var now = new Date().getTime();
     var then = new Date().getTime();
     w.show();
     while(now-then < msec) {
          now = new Date().getTime();
     }
     w.close();
 }

Does that help?

[hamdifem]

Why does not run (I use the dialog window, dont palette)

var w = new Window("dialog");

[G. Singelmann]

Yes, that is why it doesn’t work.

A dialog can interact with user events (click of a button) but there are no timer events.

[Marc Autret]

Anyway if you really need a modal solution (i.e. dialog) you can trigger the timer within the activate event handler:

function show_ready_dial(/*str*/msg,/*uint*/msec,  w,u)
{
    (w=new Window('dialog')).add('statictext',u,msg);
    w.onActivate = function(){ $.sleep(msec); this.close(); };
    w.show();
}

// Test
// ---
show_ready_dial("This should work.",10000);

@+

Marc