Self restarting loop limited by time.

[Kingoftaurus]

I need to have a loop that restarts itself by its name every 3 seconds.

The loop will be activated and deactivated by a word, so the loop needs to know that its activated i guess.

such as: "Start loop "loop" " in an edit box.

There will be several other loops with other names, so please take that into consideration when helping me solve my problem.

[color:#FF0000]( i have made this work by setting a value to be set to 1 when a loop is needed to be on, and 0 when the loop is needed off, and having the loop turn on every 3 seconds when that value is 1, however having multiple loops means multiple values setting to 1 and 0, which is unacceptable, plus having the program know which value to set to on, i cant even figure out)[/color]

[color:#CC0000]so basically, start a loop 1 time, and have that loop start itself by name every 3 seconds[/color]

edit: or heck, have the loop stay on at all times, (multiple loops = slower app?) and DO an action every 3 seconds.

[LB]

If you need multiple named values for your multiple named loops, I recommend the Named Variables object.

[Kingoftaurus]

ill try that i guess.

[Kingoftaurus]

naming the variables didnt really help much. it worked, but the program still had a LOT of excess fat.

I found an interesting way of doing what i needed to do, I created a listview object to help.

upon the need to activate a loop, say.. the edit box had the text "activate loop "loop"

I added the name of the loop "loop" to line 0, position 0 of the listview.

Then every 3 seconds, i had another loop running as many times as the number of lines in the listview:

[color:#FF0000]Every 3 seconds:

Set global value o to 0
start loop "Main" NLines( "List View" )[/color]

So with just "loop" added to the listview, it would run 1 time.

the loop goes like this:

[color:#FF0000]On loop "Main":

Start loop Text$( "List View", Global Value O, 0)

Add 1 to Global Value 0[/color]

Essentially running each loop named in the listview every 3 seconds, 1 time.

(i could do this with a simple list object, but i have other variables to add while running a specific loop, making the listview the only object cabable of doing what i want)

Confusing, but It finally worked out.