Wow great, it works exactly how i mentioned it! Thank you very, very
much!
On 5 Nov., 18:45, schneimi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Galdan,
>
> ok here is a little help:
>
> function remoteTimer($options = null) {
> $frequency = (isset($options['frequency'])) ?
> $options['frequency'] : 10;
> $timervar = (isset($options['timervar'])) ? $options['timervar'] .
> '=' : '';
> $code = $timervar . "new PeriodicalExecuter(function() {" .
> $this->remoteFunction($options) . "}, $frequency)";
>
> return $this->Javascript->codeBlock($code);
> }
>
> <?php
> echo $ajax->remoteTimer(array('url' => array('controller' =>
> 'posts', 'action' => 'view'),
> 'update' => 'mydiv',
> 'frequency' => 5,
> 'timervar' =>
> 'mytimer'));
> echo $form->checkbox('pause', array('onclick' => 'if (this.checked)
> {mytimer.stop();}'));
> ?>
>
> But this is only good if you want to stop the timer once and restart
> it with a page reload.
>
> Now in your case you said you want to enable and disable it, so you
> also have to start a new timer when the checkbox is unchecked again,
> so in your case I advise to not change the ajax-helper (which is not
> the best idea anyway) but to write it all in javascript.
>
> Just include the following javascript code into your app:
>
> var mytimer = null;
>
> function startTimer(url, update, frequency) {
> mytimer = new PeriodicalExecuter(function() {new
> Ajax.Updater(update, url , {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true,
> requestHeaders:['X-Update', update]})}, frequency);
>
> }
>
> function stopTimer() {
> mytimer.stop();
>
> }
>
> And this is how your view could look like:
>
> echo $javascript->codeBlock("startTimer('/yourapp/posts/view',
> 'mydiv', 5)");
> echo $form->checkbox('pause', array('onclick' => 'if (this.checked)
> {startTimer('/yourapp/posts/view', 'mydiv', 5);} else
> {stopTimer();}'));
>
> I hope this works for you,
>
> Michael
>
> On 5 Nov., 09:33, Galdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Michaeal,
>
> > thank you for your response. I've taken a look to the ajax helper, and
> > basically i understand what you mean.
>
> > But I'am not experienced enough to do this :-(
>
> > On 4 Nov., 23:57, schneimi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > this is not supported by the ajax helper, I think you have to stop and
> > > overwrite the PeriodicalExecuter manually. See
> > > herehttp://www.prototypejs.org/api/periodicalExecuterandherehttp://www.pr....
>
> > > You could try to change the ajax helper remoteTimer() so that the
> > > PeriodicalExecuter is put into a variable which you may then use to
> > > stop it and overwrite it with a new PeriodicalExecuter on click on
> > > your checkbox.
>
> > > Not sure if this works, but I hope this helps anyway,
>
> > > Michael
>
> > > On 4 Nov., 21:51, Galdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi together,
>
> > > > i use $ajax->remoteTimer(); to refresh a DIV all 30 seconds.
>
> > > > I wan't to enable/disable this by an checkbox, but i have absolutely
> > > > no idea to handle this.
>
> > > > Could you help me?
>
> > > > Thank you very much in advance!
>
> > > > byebye
> > > > Tom
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