RE: [Talk] STABLE vs. WAIT

[Rich McNeil]

Both Stable and Wait will wait at least the number of seconds you specify, the difference being that Stable doesn’t start its countdown until the cursor stops moving.   We generally advise scripters to limit dependence on these commands, since, as you’ve noted, the required period of waiting can vary with the time of day/month.  It’s something like the prohibition of Goto’s in programming…it leads to unreliable/difficult to maintain scripts.    Instead, we suggest extensive use of the Pause, PauseLoop and At commands to wait for the application to catch up with each step in the script.   Such a script will naturally pace itself to the application.   Rich McNeil Boston Software Systems 866 653 5105 www.bostonworkstation.com   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Swisher, Vincent J. Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Talk] STABLE vs. WAIT   Good Morning...   I recently removed all references of WAIT and changed them to STABLE. I created a variable for STABLE and placed a slider control on my form to control the speed of the script at run time.  This seem to work well, especially when the network is slow and I need to slow the keying down.   The question I have is... What is the difference between STABLE and WAIT... And... Should I have removed all instances of WAIT from my script... ?   Thanks, Vince Swisher Information Technology Lahey Clinic See our web page at http://www.lahey.org for a full directory of Lahey sites, staff, services and career opportunities. THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. IT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If you are not the intended recipient, your use of this message for any purpose is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete the message and notify the sender so that we may correct our records.