[Xerte] Delaying the inevitable

[Dave Burnett]

Thanks Jules.

I had set that up but as it started to expand I wondered if there was something simpler I was missing.
Ockham's razor etc.

After a couple times freezing the prog with loops, I went back to event driven.
 


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> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Delaying the inevitable
> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:04:44 +0100
> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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> Use an interaction with an event response. Flow halts at the interaction. Sometime later you broadcast an event from some convenient icon - maybe the interaction itself? The flow continues...
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Dave Burnett
> Sent: Sun 11/07/2010 15:35
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> Subject: [Xerte] Delaying the inevitable
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> Architectural question.
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> Inside a looping structure I have a sequence of icons with a Time Limit wait at the top and bottom.
> Lets say both are set to 5 seconds.
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> I need to pause the sequence occasionally.
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> I have tried setting the T/L to a higher number, which works, but of course setting it back when it is unpaused does not take effect until it has finished counting down the higher number and resumed flow.
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> So, next thought. Put something immediately below the timer to halt the flow.
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> I've always considered "repeat while" loops pretty gauche (as the smoke rises from the processor).
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> If I was doing this in AW, I would probably use dec icons below the timers and switch paths when a pause was needed, putting a "On False to True" conditional to start it flowing again (using the path # as the switch).
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> Or sod it and use the repeat loop?
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> Cheers,
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> Dave
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