Thanks Jim, It sounds like it almost has to be an integer value... If there is a limit, it would be nice for the docs to specify what the limit is.
dave On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Jim Hays via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Max delay used to be something like 32000 ticks. (We have an old //comment > from 2006 that thinks so anyway) > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Dave Nasralla via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> Ran into an odd issue. Like many of you have have a Cron Daemon to run >> daily tasks. Usually I have it wake up at least once a day. >> >> In one newer system, there was a job that only had to run once a >> month. I tried to delay the process for 30 days it is fails - like >> does not delay AT ALL. >> >> eg: >> C_LONGINT($Delay_vl) >> $Delay_vl:=30*24*60*60*60 >> //Days*Hours*Min*Sec*Ticks >> >> DELAY PROCESS(Current process;$Delay_vl) >> ALERT("Hello World") >> >> This is true for v15.4, v16R2 (on mac). >> The docs say it should be a real, but it fails whether a real or long >> integer. >> >> Am I missing something? (It does work as expected for shorter times.) >> >> dave >> >> -- >> David Nasralla >> Clean Air Engineering >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >> ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** -- David Nasralla Clean Air Engineering ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************