This doesn't work well in a single-threaded environment. On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably the easiest way would be to have a send loop running, and see if > any jobs (whatever you want to call it) are due yet. If you keep the jobs > sorted you can check the next one in queue, and if its not time for it to > fire yet, none of them are, so loop. If it IS time, keep checking the > list until you hit a job that isn't due yet. then loop again. > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > wrote: > > > oh, wow. Sorry, Bob, that wasn't what I meant. I meant scheduling > > messages like as in pendingMessages, like a CRON subsystem > > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > I did some work in this regard in an app I called Conference Scheduler > > > Lite. The big thing with date and time calculations is understanding > that > > > an event scheduled for 08:00 - 10:00 does NOT conflict with one from > > 10:00 > > > to 12:00. Also, someone staying in a room from the first to the third > > does > > > NOT conflict with someone staying from the 3rd to the 5th. In other > > words, > > > times and dates can touch without overlapping. Special case has to be > > used > > > for this in any SQL queries. > > > > > > I also recently wrote a time calc function that can give you the > > > difference between two times so that 12:00 to 13:00 produces 1:00. > It's > > > not a trivial thing to do. I ended up using the approach of converting > > > values to seconds, doing the math then converting it back to > > > hours:minutes:seconds again. > > > > > > Bob S > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:35 , Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been messing around with scheduling events in LC, and have run > > into > > > a > > > > variety of things that make life harder. Does anybody have a > > CRON/event > > > > scheduling library for LC before I write the other 60% of one? > > > > > > > > Well, I'm probably simplifying the task - the other 85% of one? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > > > and did a little diving. > > > > And God said, "This is good." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > and did a little diving. > > And God said, "This is good." > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
