au3timer

The power of timer based calls in AutoIt3

Inspired by JS.

You can now request a function to be called once or repeatedly with up to 9 parameters.

usage

#include "Timer.au3"

setTimeout('MyExit', 10000)

setTimeout('MsgBox', 5000, 0, "title", "message")

setInterval('WriteTime', 1000)

Func WriteTime()
    ConsoleWrite(StringFormat("%02i:%02i:%02i.%03i\n", @HOUR, @MIN, @SEC, @MSEC))
EndFunc

Func MyExit()
    Exit
EndFunc

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

setTimeout

call function once after a defined duration

syntax
setTimeout($function [, $delay = 0 [, $arg1 [, $arg2 [, $arg3 [, $arg4 [, $arg5 [, $arg6 [, $arg7 [, $arg8 [, $arg9]]]]]]]]])
arguments
variable	type	description
$function	string	function name
$delay	integer	call delay in milliseconds
$arg1...$arg9	mixed	arguments to be passed to the function call
return
type	description
integer	Timer ID

setInterval

call function repeatedly after a defined duration

if the called function sets @error <> 0 then the setInterval will be cancelled

syntax
setInterval($function [, $delay = 0 [, $arg1 [, $arg2 [, $arg3 [, $arg4 [, $arg5 [, $arg6 [, $arg7 [, $arg8 [, $arg9]]]]]]]]])
arguments
variable	type	description
$function	string	function name
$delay	integer	call delay in milliseconds
$arg1...$arg9	mixed	arguments to be passed to the function call
return
type	description
integer	Timer ID