Greetings, First of all, no, there is not a global Rules script timeout. Playing devil's advocate defending that... J
Would you not want to do something different based on a timeout occurring in one part of the script vs another? A timeout simply says - ok, I'm lost, what I'm looking for on the screen is not there - and of course, now, it is up to you to do what you want next. What you would want to do would (he says) typically be different based on the job the script was trying to perform at that given moment? And a timeout isn't always a bad things they can be a convenient way to simply handle lots of potential error messages without having to spec (clear them, mark the record, move on) so in this case, there's not really a failure at all, the script could easily continue by performing a static set of actions that "always back up". That's a more advanced way of using timeouts and can be tricky to get it right... Thinking the feature through... So a global timeout would have to override other timeouts? Or would it only override some timeouts? What if some specific timeouts are for a longer duration - waiting for a report to finish running than the overall script timeout? Regards, Thom Thom C. Blackwell Product Manager Boston Software Systems (866) 653-5105 ex 807 www.bossoft.com <http://www.bossoft.com/> Sign up for my weekly webinar! <http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/special_events.aspx> LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:44 AM To: Talk Subject: [talkbws] Script Timeout Has anyone implemented logic to have a script timeout. I know that I can set a particular step to timeout after so long. However, I would like to set a timeout on my script overall. This way if it hangs on any step I am covered. Thought someone may have come up with a clever method for doing this. Thanks, Davy Davy Montgomery Union Hospital Revenue Cycle System Analyst 812-238-7494 office [email protected] "Union Hospital Health Group is honored to be named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana for 2009." CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk .aspx --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx
