setInterval Bug

[ActionStu]

Hello,

I have discovered the following bug:

When calling setInterval(functionName, interval) and using a variable for the argument of "interval", the function specified by functionName is never called.

For example, the following code fails:
var nInterval = nAverageAnswerTime*1000;
intervalUpdateDemoScores = Application.setInterval(updateDemoScores, nInterval);

And the following code functions properly:
intervalUpdateDemoScores = Application.setInterval(updateDemoScores, 750);


Please advise me of how to work around this bug. Thank you.

[SWFKit]

If the "nAverageAnswerTime" is too big, the method won't be called for a long time.

If nAverageAnswerTime equals to 750, the interval is 12.5 minutes.

Please set the value of nAverageAnswerTime to 1 and try again.

[ActionStu]

The SWFKit Help specifies that the interval parameter is "The time in milliseconds between calls to the function or method." Therefore, an interval of 750 should be 1/4 second. When I hard-code the value as 750, the function is called every 1/4 second. I have done extensive testing to prove this. If you still believe I am incorrect, please post an example file to show me what I am doing incorrectly. Thank you.

[Umpa]

var nInterval = nAverageAnswerTime*1000;

with this formula, if nAverageAnswerTime is set to 750, the value of nInterval becomes 750000 which equates to 12.5 minutes.

Not sure where or what nAverageAnswerTime is set to prior to the snippet that was posted.

the following works in pro 2.1 r2.

var nAverageAnswerTime=2;

var nInterval = nAverageAnswerTime*1000;
function updateDemoScores()
{
Dialogs.msgBox("test");
}

intervalUpdateDemoScores = Application.setInterval(updateDemoScores, nInterval);

[ActionStu]

nAverageTime was NOT equal to 750. It was equal to .75

[SWFKit]

The setInterval method can only take a integer parameter.
The following code will work

var nInterval = nAverageAnswerTime*1000;
nInterval = parseInt(nInterval.toString());
intervalUpdateDemoScores = Application.setInterval(updateDemoScores, nInterval);

We will fix it in the next version.

[Kodiak]

The issue still exists on Pro 3.2 when trying something like that:

var l__time = Math.floor(10000*Math.random());
var l__timer = Application.setInterval(myfunction, l__time);

Only the following code may work:

var l__time = parseInt(Math.floor(10000*Math.random()).toString());
var l__timer = Application.setInterval(myfunction, l__time);

[WebGyver]

Thank you!

Of course, as a newbie, I'm not sure what specific bugs and issues everyone else is experiencing, but I justed wanted to thank everyone who has posted in this thread.

Thanks to all the comments and code snippets, I've been able to accomplish the following in SWFKit:

• Add a pop-up reminder to my desktop SWF application
• Track the date and time (for reporting purposes) when the reminder was activated

So, for what it's worth, thank you very much!