Fwd: Best way to set up an idle timer - not like this

[Devin Asay]

Wait! What seemed to be working at first is not. It seems okay until 
you start examining the pendingMessages. For some reason the sent 
messages start queuing up rapidly as soon as you start mousing around 
in the stack. Obviously the cancel command in the resetLogout handler 
is not getting all of the pending messages. But I can't figure out 
where all of these pendingMessages are coming from.

Any experts out there in this area that can tell me where I've gone 
wrong?

Devin

Begin forwarded message:

[my previous intro clipped]

========================start script sample==========================
-- first of all put into an otherwise unused script:
on mouseMove
  send "resetLogout" to stack "chinpr"
  pass mouseMove
end mouseMove
on rawKeyDown
  send "resetLogout" to stack "chinpr"
  pass rawKeyDown
end rawKeyDown
-- then I put into my stack script:

on openStack
  -- start timeout counter
  insert the script of image "P&Rbg1.jpg" into front
  send "logoutQuery" to stack "chinpr" in 5 * 60 seconds -- or 
whatever time you want
end openStack

on logoutQuery
  if the userPIN of this stack is not empty then -- i.e., if the user 
is logged in
    answer "A appropriate prompt here." with "Logout" or "Enter PIN..."
    if it is "Enter PIN..." then -- (user chose to continue)
      repeat forever -- or could put a limit here
        ask information "Enter your PIN to continue the test."
        if it is the userPIN of this stack then
          resetLogout
          exit repeat
        else
          answer information "Incorrect PIN. Try Again or Logout?" 
with "Logout" or "Try Again"
          if it is "Logout" then
            go card "menu" of stack "chinpr"
            logout
            exit repeat
          end if
        end if
      end repeat
      exit logoutquery
    else if it is "Logout" then -- (user chose to log out)
      go card "menu" of stack "chinpr"
      logout
      exit logoutQuery
    end if
  end if
end logoutQuery

on resetLogout
  cancel item 1 of last line of the pendingMessages
  send "logoutQuery" to stack "chinpr" in 5 * 60 seconds
end resetLogout
========================end script sample==========================
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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