You have answered your own question... In your original post you said that you could fix the problem if you could get Periodical to "call a function instead of a url" .. and what i suggested does just that ...
I am not sure i understand what you mean by stacking As for frequency: you dont need to worry about it if you are usig periodical executor and opposed to updater Alex Mcauley http://www.thevacancymarket.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Taylor" <willi...@rebelfactions.com> To: <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: PeriodicalExecuter that doesn't stack > > wow I must have been tired when I wrote that. > I said PeriodicalExecuter but I really meant Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater > > So ya is there a way to make Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater not stack and to > possibly give it > a maximum frequency limit? > > -William > > On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:00 AM, Alex McAuley wrote: > >> >> I wasn't aware that PeriodicalExecuter did call a URL... >> >> Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater does... >> >> >> If you want to just call a request every X seconds and change things >> just >> use PeriodicalExecutor or simply setTimeout >> >> Alex Mcauley >> http://www.thevacancymarket.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "williamt" <willi...@rebelfactions.com> >> To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" >> <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:55 AM >> Subject: [Proto-Scripty] PeriodicalExecuter that doesn't stack >> >> >>> >>> Im looking for a way to make PeriodicalExecuter not stack plus add in >>> a max period setting. >>> >>> If PeriodicalExecuter could call a function instead of a url I could >>> set/clear some flags >>> so it would or wouldn't make the call depending on the flags. >>> But I don't see how I could do that unless I could make it call a >>> function and not a url. >>> >>> I think a max period would have to be hacked into prototype. I'm not >>> sure on that one though. >>> >>> Anyone have any thoughts on how I could achieve this? >>> Basically PeriodicalExecuter that doesn't stack plus a max period >>> setting. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> William >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---