One extra thought. Maybe it would be good for openField to set a custom property of the field to true and have a closefield/exitfield handler to set it to false Then have SaveMeCheeses check the custom property before sending the message to itself. Might prevent some unnecessary saves. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com>wrote: > *In your openStack script:* > put "10" into tSaveInterval -- assuming minutes > send saveMeCheeses to this stack in (tSaveInterval*60) secs > > *In your stack script:* > on saveMeCheeses > -- gather all your text into a variable > put tMyText into URL (file:C:/someplace/really/safe/MyFile.txt") > send saveMeCheeses to me in saveMeCheeses -- this one will keep it > repeating > end saveMeCheeses > > ~Roger > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Merry LibreOffice allows one to set it so that it autosaves a document > > at a set time interval in case your computer goes wonky, or LibreOffice > > crashes. > > > > And a jolly good idea that is too (even if they pinched it from > Microsoft). > > > > Now I would like to have the same sort of feature in my "next thang"; the > > up-and-coming-and-sweeping-**all-office-suits-before-it > > 'Richmond-Scrubby-Cupboard' > > (well, round these parts that's what passes for an office) made, > > needless to say, entirely in Livecode. > > > > Obviously, central to my text entry component "Wobbly Word", > > there will have to be a field, and any autosave feature will have to save > > and/or export > > and/or overwrite a rtf and/or html document at regular intervals. > > > > Now what I don't understand is how to have a script working away 'in the > > background' > > checking the time and autosaving every 2-3 minutes without it interfering > > with > > user-initiated scripts in the foreground or the reverse. > > > > Richmond. > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode< > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
