NAP will allow you to sleep a number of milliseconds. -----Original Message----- From: Glenn W. Paschal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Timed INPUT [UV]
I found this intriguing, so I decided to see if I could write my own "INPUTWAIT" subroutine. Found only one problem. I am using a combination of INPUT BUF.TEST,-1 and INKEY() to capture input and test for timeouts. If I put a sleep in the INPUT BUF.TEST,-1 loop, the process becomes quirky and delayed. (SLEEP 1) If I take out the sleep, it works smooth and precise, but eats up resources like a madman! (result of sit-n-spin loop). Is there a way to sleep less than 1 sec? Seems like at one time you could specify sleep in milliseconds rather than seconds. (writing in UniVerse 10.1.0 on Win 2000 svr) Thanks, Glenn W. Paschal PasTech LLC Computer Consulting ph. (931) 526-9631 fx. (931) 526-9678 email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] web. www.pastech.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Shaw and Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:09 AM To: U2-Users Subject: Re: [U2] Timed INPUT [UV] I've sent it in before, but I put the whole thing up on Pickwiki. Following is the note I put about it. *********************** Here's a subroutine to mimic the INPUT WAITING capability that exists in Unidata. It has all the functionality including duplicating the behaviour of the underscore and colon when specifying the maximum string length. For example, if you want to input three characters for variable THIS, waiting for 10 seconds, requiring a carriage return to signify input but without a line feed, and defaulting to the string "zip"; you would code: CALL INPUTWAIT(THIS, '3_:', '10', 'zip' ) *********************** Which in Unidata would have been INPUT THIS,3_: FOR 10 ELSE THIS = 'zip' So you can save time by getting the code from http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InputWait Regards, Keith Johnson Owner/Host www.emeraldglenlodge.co.nz 04 299 3066 ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY: The information contained in this transmission, and in any accompanying documents, constitutes confidential information belonging to Heritage Information Systems, Inc. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance of this information, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by telephone, at 804-644-8707 to arrange for its proper destruction. Thank you. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
