Hi Rod,
Maybe you do not reset your timer? Each time you call it, reset it.
I can note think of anything else, but my Cuckoo Clock program runs all the
time even with pop-ups. Take a look at my program to see how I set the timer
each time it is called.
Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 2:12 PM
Subject: Timer in apps stop working
Hi everyone,
I'm writing to everyone because I'd like some input into the tendency of
apps which have timers to stop working when there's some error in the
Window-Eyes scripting environment.
Last night, my app which speaks the time every 15 minutes stop working
because a pop-up on my system grabbed focus and stopped speech. When I
closed the pop-up, which is simply a request to update software, sppeech
return, and so I thought everything was okay. However, even though my clock
app was still running, the time never announced again, and so I needed to
restart it. I have experienced this very often, first, when Window-Eyes
speech gets locked up for a brief period of time, or, sometimes (not always,
though) when a Window-Eyes app (not a app with a timer) causes an error to
occur. My opinion is that any errors or interruptions in the Window-Eyes
speech or script-engine environment cause instability which have adverse
effects on timer-based functions.
I would appreciate any feedback, if anyone has any, or, at least, I wanted
to let people know about this. :)
Take care,
Rod :)
