You can add */m-timer.shm* to the end of your command line in the
shell.bat file.
However, a side effect of using a startup macro is that it prevents the
shell screen from properly displaying. To correct that issue, you can
add this to the beginning of the macro:
{Ctrl-F3}{Ctrl-F3}
That forces the Shell screen to do a refresh.
Another curious thing about the way Shell works is that the timer
doesn't seem to work if you're sitting at the Shell menu screen. (It
also doesn't work when sitting inside some other programs running under
Shell such as ED.) But as soon as you go into DP it starts working. That
wasn't intentional. Nothing in the macro code makes it specific to DP.
Just something I've noticed. However, if a {PROMPT}msg~ line is added to
the macro to count off the time (as I did while debugging the macro),
that makes it work no matter what screen you're sitting at. Not sure why
that it is.
Like I said, not guaranteed to be perfectly reliable.
Tim Rude
On 9/2/2015 9:46 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Tim. How can I run the macro time.shm when I start shell? I open shell
with a DOS batch file shell.bat containing:
i:\dp23\mc shell /nt=0 /u=RIK /d-c:\shell\temp
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This is exactly what I need. Thank you!
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On Aug 31, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Tim Rude <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Not guaranteed to be perfectly reliable but I've slapped together
the attached Shell 4.0 macro that might work for you.
Essentially, it has to stay running the entire time DP is running to
monitor for keystrokes and pass them through to DP. When it times
out, it should exit from both DP and Shell.
You set the number of seconds for the timeout on the first line of
the macro.
It's probably not bulletproof and there's no visible indication that
it's running until the time runs out and everything exits. And if
the user presses Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F1 it will abort the macro and
prevent the timeout from ever happening. It survives a normal F1 but
not the super Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F1.
Test it and tinker with it. Adjust it as you want or need to.
"No deposit, no return."
Tim Rude
PS: In case the attachment gets stripped off, here's the listing of
the macro so that it can be re-entered via Editor:
========== START LISTING ==========
{ASSIGN}TimeOut~30~
{;}TimeOut·is·the·number·of·seconds·to·wait·for·a·keypress·before~
{;}giving·up·and·exiting.~
{;}So,·to·wait·one·minute·(approximately),·TimeOut·should·be·set·to·60.~
{;}To·wait·5·minutes,·TimeOut·should·be·300.·For·10·minutes·600,·etc.~
{;}Note·that·times·will·not·be·perfectly·exact·but·should·be·close.~
{CANCEL OFF}
{ASSIGN}Timer~0~
{ASSIGN}Ticks~{VARIABLE}TimeOut~*18~
{WHILE}{VARIABLE}Timer~<{VARIABLE}Ticks~~
{LOOK}Key~
{IF EXISTS}Key~
{ASSIGN}Timer~0~
{;}Reset·the·timer~
{IF}{KTON}{VARIABLE}Key~~=33023~{ELSE}{VARIABLE}Key~{END IF}
{;}33023·is·the·code·used·when·shell·cannot·recognize/process·keystroke~
{;}properly.·We·ignore·these·keystrokes·to·keep·shell·from·crashing.~
{;}This·isn't·documented·anywhere·-·I·found·it·by·trial·and·error.~
{ELSE}
{ASSIGN}Timer~{VARIABLE}Timer~+1~
{WAIT}1~
{END IF}
{END WHILE}
{;}If·we·get·here,·our·timer·has·run·out·and·we·need·to·exit.~
{;}The·following·should·exit·from·both·DP·and·Shell.~
{DISPLAY OFF}
{Ctrl-Alt- }
{DISPLAY OFF}
{F7}4{Enter}
{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}{F1}
{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}{Esc}
{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}{F7}
========== END LISTING ==========
On 8/31/2015 10:18 AM, Robert Kendall wrote:
Is there a way to use a shell macro to exit DP after an interval of
inactivity?
Robert Kendall
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