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<span class="pageSubtitle">Pause user until specified time</span> | <span class="pageSubtitle">Pause user until specified time</span> | ||
<p class=" | <p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no OO equivalent for the $WakeUp function.</p> | ||
The $WakeUp function accepts three arguments and returns a number that is the number of milliseconds since the Online was brought up. It is a [[Calling Sirius Mods $functions|callable]] $function . | |||
==Syntax== | |||
<p class="syntax">[%time =] $WakeUp(wake_time, rqtm_flag, [option]) | |||
</p> | |||
< | |||
</ | |||
===Syntax terms=== | |||
<table> | |||
<tr><th>%time</th> | |||
<td>A positive integer.</td></tr> | |||
<tr><th>wake_time</th> | |||
<td>A number indicating the time to wake up, expressed as milliseconds since the Online was brought up. | |||
<p>Use %TIME = $WakeUp(0) to acquire the time, in milliseconds, since the run came up. For subsequent $WakeUp calls, %TIME can then be used as the base time for the wake_time parameter. See the following example.</p></td></tr> | |||
<tr><th>rqtm_flag</th> | |||
<td>A number, which if present and non-zero, indicates that the wait time is not to be included as part of RQTM. </td></tr> | |||
<tr><th>option</th> | |||
<td>An optional string (<code>NOURGMSG</code>, case unimportant) that prevents a user paused by <var>$WakeUp</var> from being immediately wakened if a <code>BROADCAST URGENT</code> message is sent. </td></tr> | |||
</table> | |||
The | ==Usage notes== | ||
<ul> | |||
<li>The chief advantages of <var>$WakeUp</var> over the <var>PAUSE</var> statement are | |||
< | <ul> | ||
< | <li>You can wake up at a particular time rather than after a particular number of seconds have passed. | ||
< | <li><var>$WakeUp</var> has millisecond resolution versus the second resolution of the <var>PAUSE</var> statement. | ||
</ | <li><var>$WakeUp</var> allows the wait time to not be counted toward RQTM. This is useful in cases where the pause is simply a standard part of processing rather than a pause to allow some condition to clear. | ||
< | <li><var>$WakeUp</var> will allow a user to break in with a terminal interrupt on VTAM full screen terminals. | ||
</ul> | |||
</ul> | |||
==Example== | |||
In the following code fragment, three screens are automatically displayed for 2.3 seconds each. The sleep time is not counted toward RQTM. | In the following code fragment, three screens are automatically displayed for 2.3 seconds each. The sleep time is not counted toward RQTM. | ||
<p class="code"> %TIME = $WakeUp(0) | <p class="code">%TIME = $WakeUp(0) | ||
%RC = $FakeEnt | |||
READ SCREEN SCREEN1 | |||
%TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1) | |||
%RC = $FakeEnt | |||
READ SCREEN SCREEN2 | |||
%TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1) | |||
%RC = $FakeEnt | |||
READ SCREEN SCREEN3 | |||
%TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1) | |||
</p> | </p> | ||
==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | |||
<ul class="smallAndTightList"> | <ul class="smallAndTightList"> | ||
<li>[[Sirius | <li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
[[Category:$Functions|$WakeUp]] | [[Category:$Functions|$WakeUp]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:31, 20 September 2018
Pause user until specified time
Note: Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no OO equivalent for the $WakeUp function.
The $WakeUp function accepts three arguments and returns a number that is the number of milliseconds since the Online was brought up. It is a callable $function .
Syntax
[%time =] $WakeUp(wake_time, rqtm_flag, [option])
Syntax terms
| %time | A positive integer. |
|---|---|
| wake_time | A number indicating the time to wake up, expressed as milliseconds since the Online was brought up.
Use %TIME = $WakeUp(0) to acquire the time, in milliseconds, since the run came up. For subsequent $WakeUp calls, %TIME can then be used as the base time for the wake_time parameter. See the following example. |
| rqtm_flag | A number, which if present and non-zero, indicates that the wait time is not to be included as part of RQTM. |
| option | An optional string (NOURGMSG, case unimportant) that prevents a user paused by $WakeUp from being immediately wakened if a BROADCAST URGENT message is sent. |
Usage notes
- The chief advantages of $WakeUp over the PAUSE statement are
- You can wake up at a particular time rather than after a particular number of seconds have passed.
- $WakeUp has millisecond resolution versus the second resolution of the PAUSE statement.
- $WakeUp allows the wait time to not be counted toward RQTM. This is useful in cases where the pause is simply a standard part of processing rather than a pause to allow some condition to clear.
- $WakeUp will allow a user to break in with a terminal interrupt on VTAM full screen terminals.
Example
In the following code fragment, three screens are automatically displayed for 2.3 seconds each. The sleep time is not counted toward RQTM.
%TIME = $WakeUp(0) %RC = $FakeEnt READ SCREEN SCREEN1 %TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1) %RC = $FakeEnt READ SCREEN SCREEN2 %TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1) %RC = $FakeEnt READ SCREEN SCREEN3 %TIME = $WakeUp( %TIME + 2300, 1)