Subj : setInterval() and setTimeout()
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Feb 22 2022 04:39 pm

Hi DM,

A couple of JS functions I noticed were added in Synchronet 3.19 are setTimeout() and setInterval().  If I understand it correctly, it sounds like these functions are meant to call a callback function after a specified period of time (with setInterval() doing so repeatedly)?

I'm currently running a Synchronet build from February 2, 2022.  I tried making a simple test script to use those functions and see what happens, but it seems they aren't calling the callback functions I'm giving them.  I'm not sure if I'm using them correctly:

var intervalID = js.setInterval(function() {
   console.print("Interval function!\r\n");
}, 1000);
var timeoutID = js.setTimeout(function() {
   console.print("Timeout function!\r\n");
}, 1000);
for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
   console.print("Loop!\r\n");
   mswait(1000);
}
js.clearInterval(intervalID);
js.clearTimeout(timeoutID);
console.print("Waiting....\r\n");
mswait(3000);
console.pause();

With that code, I see the "Loop!" output, but I don't see the output from the callbacks for setInterval() or setTimeout().

Also, the jsobjs.html page says setInterval() returns an object, but it actually seems to return a number (I outputted the type for the object I got back and it said it's a number).

Nightfox

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