Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> You need to create a reference to the PE, and call stop on that
> reference.
>
> var pe;
>
> pe = new PeriodicalExecuter(...);
>
> ...later, in another script...
>
> pe.stop();
>
> pe has to be a global variable, but if both the start and stop of the
> PE happens inside a class, it doesn't have to be entirely global.
Or, as the "external function" would have to have some notion of the
PeriodicalExecuter instance anyhow, it might be an option to simply pass
the callback argument on?
function ext_func (arg1, arg2, pe) { /*...*/ pe.stop (); }
/*...*/
new PeriodicalExecuter (function (pe) { ext_func (foo, bar, pe); }, 10);
I don't believe there's an easy way to "stop any PeriodicalExecuter that
invoked me, if any". And if there was, I'm sure it'd be the same old
way to hell, as is the nature of easy ways. ;-)
----Daniel
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:35 PM, plo wrote:
>
>> Hey T.J,
>>
>> I meant that I couldn't find information for what I was trying to do
>> specifically. I've read the periodicalExecuter docs on the prototype
>> site which only demonstrates how to call the .stop() from within the
>> same periodicalExecutor call.
>>
>> Ideally, I'm looking to call the .stop() from another external
>> function. For example, I have a slideshow that automatically plays
>> the slides based on a call to periodicalExecutor. I'm trying to code
>> a user clicked stop button for this slideshow. Is this possible?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>> On Aug 27, 1:06 am, "T.J. Crowder" <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> I've searched high & low for this but I haven't been able to dig
>>>> anything specific up about stopping the PeriodicalExecuter.
>>> Really?[1]
>>>
>>> [1]http://prototypejs.org/api/periodicalExecuter
>>> --
>>> T.J. Crowder
>>> tj / crowder software / com
>>> Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available
>>>
>>> On Aug 26, 10:02 pm, plo <iluvsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Everybody,
>>>> I've searched high & low for this but I haven't been able to dig
>>>> anything specific up about stopping the PeriodicalExecuter. I've
>>>> seen
>>>> many examples that stop the PeriodicalExecuter within the same line
>>>> that it's called, but what about from another function? For
>>>> example,
>>>> I have the PeriodicalExecuter calling another function:
>>>> new PeriodicalExecuter(function(pe) {outsideFunction();}, 3);
>>>> Is it possible to call pe.stop(); from another function?
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> Cheers.
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