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[quote][i]Originally posted by marko[/i]
[br]Origin Version (Select Help-->About Origin): O7.5P
Operating System: W2k

Hi,

I am having a weird problem while running a timerproc. The proc defined in a worksheet window (in a button) is used to reload data (from path %l%k) into that worksheet (%m) every some seconds to display them:
[code]def timerproc {
  win -a %m;
  open -w %l%k;
  wks.col1.format=3;
};[/code]

These data get redisplayed automatically in some graphs also contained in the project. I also have some buttons on my graphs which move the scale around to zoom back and forward in the data.

Now the problem:

While the timer is running it occurs that all of Origin's userdefined buttons on my graphs and worksheets stop working in case I press a button right in the moment the timerproc acutally gets carried out. 
Only hiding Origin's main window and maximizing it again restores the 
button actions... Weird!

So I am afraid that the way my timerproc is written it is breakable due to selection of another active window! Is it possible? At the beginning of the proc I set the active window, but by pressing a button in a graph window a moment after the "win -a %m"-command it might happen that the script tries to execute one of the two following commands on the now active graph window, which might fail...

Is this so? I thought that these timerprocs are sort of isolated? Perhaps not?!

Marko

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marko	Posted - 02/01/2005 : 04:32:44 AM Origin Version (Select Help-->About Origin): O7.5P Operating System: W2k Hi, I am having a weird problem while running a timerproc. The proc defined in a worksheet window (in a button) is used to reload data (from path %l%k) into that worksheet (%m) every some seconds to display them: def timerproc { win -a %m; open -w %l%k; wks.col1.format=3; }; These data get redisplayed automatically in some graphs also contained in the project. I also have some buttons on my graphs which move the scale around to zoom back and forward in the data. Now the problem: While the timer is running it occurs that all of Origin's userdefined buttons on my graphs and worksheets stop working in case I press a button right in the moment the timerproc acutally gets carried out. Only hiding Origin's main window and maximizing it again restores the button actions... Weird! So I am afraid that the way my timerproc is written it is breakable due to selection of another active window! Is it possible? At the beginning of the proc I set the active window, but by pressing a button in a graph window a moment after the "win -a %m"-command it might happen that the script tries to execute one of the two following commands on the now active graph window, which might fail... Is this so? I thought that these timerprocs are sort of isolated? Perhaps not?! Marko
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marko	Posted - 02/01/2005 : 08:55:01 AM Hi Mike, your are an ace! Thanks for the hint. The wks-command I did modify right after my post to the forum already, but of course that wasn't enough. I couldn't find an option for the window to run the open-command in, but now I see it has to be done with an extra command. Gosh! Thanks a lot! Marko
Mike Buess	Posted - 02/01/2005 : 07:57:10 AM Hi Marko, You can avoid that by applying your commands to a particular object rather than the active window. The following version of your macro should not be affected by graph activation. def timerproc { win -o %M {open -w %L%K}; %M!wks.col1.format=3; }; Mike Buess Origin WebRing Member

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