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Insert wait time

Ejlersen

Hi

Does anyone know of a way to insert a waiting time in skill?

sometimes it seems like the skill code proceeds even though e.g. axlShell or runBatchFile commands are not finished. 

Best regards

Ole

  • Hi Ole, You can use sleep but it probably won't help resolve your problem. This issue causes me untold problems and I have never been able to discover the cause. I suspect that caching on network drives might be the culprit. Please let us all know what you discover. Dave

  • Hi Dave

    I may have a solution although it is somehow dirty.

    It seems like nothing continues until a "system" command is finished.

    So create a batch file (my_batfile.bat) that does something (timeout /T 10) for a 10 second delay. Use standard file creation functionality for this. If you work with unc paths you need to include 2 more lines in your.

    my_batfile.bat content

    pushd %~dp0

    timeout /T 10

    popd

    Then run the command

    system("my_batfile.bat)

    and when done, delete the file

    if( isFile( "my_batfile.bat") then deleteFile("my_batfile.bat"))

     

    I hope this works out for you (and me) :-)

    Best regards

    Ole

  • Hi Dave

    I found a way, not the best, but it seems to work.

    I write a batch file (.bat) with timout /T 10 (for 10 seconds pause)

    calling that batch file with the command "system" seems to work.

    It also seems like system always wait for completion before the skill program continues, so somehow it seems better than axlRunBatch

     

    Best regards

    Ole

  • Hi Ole, Thanks for sharing the solution. I agree, it's not ideal. Maybe Frank can comment.... Regards, Dave

  • Hi Dave

    Don't know what's going on in the forum at the moment, when I post something, i get a message that it must be approved by an admin, that never happened in the past.

    That's the reason for 2 basically similar answers. Let's hope there will be a way to wait for a command to finish in the future.

    Best regards

    Ole

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