Thanks Jim,
It sounds like it almost has to be an integer value...
If there is a limit, it would be nice for the docs to specify what the limit is.
dave
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jim Hays via 4D_Tech
<4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
> Max delay used to be something like 32000 ticks. (We have an old //comment
> from 2006 that thinks so anyway)
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> Ran into an odd issue. Like many of you have have a Cron Daemon to run
>> daily tasks. Usually I have it wake up at least once a day.
>>
>> In one newer system, there was a job that only had to run once a
>> month. I tried to delay the process for 30 days it is fails - like
>> does not delay AT ALL.
>>
>> eg:
>> C_LONGINT($Delay_vl)
>> $Delay_vl:=30*24*60*60*60
>> //Days*Hours*Min*Sec*Ticks
>>
>> DELAY PROCESS(Current process;$Delay_vl)
>> ALERT("Hello World")
>>
>> This is true for v15.4, v16R2 (on mac).
>> The docs say it should be a real, but it fails whether a real or long
>> integer.
>>
>> Am I missing something? (It does work as expected for shorter times.)
>>
>> dave
>>
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