JavaScript wait command ?

Re: JavaScript wait command ?

waltd — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:46:50 -500

You have to set a variable to hold your function, or wrap the function in an anonymous function, then wrap the whole thing in setTimeout().

var foo = function(){
    //Do something;
};
window.setTimeout(foo,100);

window.setTimeout(function(){
    //hello world
},100);

Walter

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Re: JavaScript wait command ?

tobiaseichner — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:22:23 -500

Thank you. Then I’ll use it.

Tobias.

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Re: JavaScript wait command ?

Joe Billings — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:32:38 -500

I’m pretty sure timeout() is the equivalent of Perl’s sleep(). It’s a dedicated function built into the API so is likely be the most efficient solution.

Joe

On 27 Feb 2010, at 18:51, tobiaseichner wrote:

For a small JavaScript app I look for a way to interrupt code execution a few seconds till proceeding. For example:

<code> … document.forms[0].elements[“result”].value = “Anything is okay. Proceeding”; return true; </code>

Between these two commands the script should wait two seconds giving the user the chance to read the text.

I thought about adding a timeout, but maybe there is a more elegant solution (like “sleep” in Perl) ?

But even after having a close look at my reference books, I haven’t found something.

Tobias.

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JavaScript wait command ?

tobiaseichner — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:51:19 -500

For a small JavaScript app I look for a way to interrupt code execution a few seconds till proceeding. For example:

<code> … document.forms[0].elements[“result”].value = “Anything is okay. Proceeding”; return true; </code>

Between these two commands the script should wait two seconds giving the user the chance to read the text.

I thought about adding a timeout, but maybe there is a more elegant solution (like “sleep” in Perl) ?

But even after having a close look at my reference books, I haven’t found something.

Tobias.

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