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Written by: [[User:Scott|Scott Lunel]] <br />
For this lab I was interested to see whether or not it would be possible to run a delayed command under Ubiquity. I've recently<br />been dealing with threads and sleeping them in C++.<br /><br />
At first I attempted something along the lines of:<br />
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while(parseInt(cur) < parseInt(secDuration)){
cur = new Date().getTime();
}
displayMessage( "Time's Up!" );
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However this wasn't exactly what I was looking for because it caused the browser to freeze while the command was running.<br /><br />
I did a little more looking and found this method instead:<br />
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CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "Timer",
author: "Scott Lunel",
takes: {"Time": noun_arb_text},
preview: "A simple timer that executes a message to the user after the entered time period.",
execute: function(directObj) {
Utils.setTimeout(function() { displayMessage("Time's Up!"); }, parseInt(directObj.text));
}
})
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Unlike the previous command, it will not freeze the browser while the timed command is being performed.
