I did what you suggested and i saw the setInterval() function; which works!
Thanks for pointing me to the right direction and the learning experience!
Jeromy Evans - Blue Sky Minds wrote:
>
> Grish wrote:
>> So I ended up with the following code:
>>
>> var myDiv = dojo.widget.byId("myDivId");
>> myDiv.timer.interval = newInterval;
>>
>>
> Great!
>> Also you need to restart the timer by stopping it and starting again for
>> the
>> new interval to take effect. Would there be some kind of function I can
>> use
>> to change the interval or this is the only way?
>>
>>
> Not sure, you know more about it than I do now. If the div is using the
> standard dojo timer (dojo.lang.timing.Timer) you should have access to
> the setInterval(interval) method that looks like it will work while the
> timer's running.
>
> myDiv.timer.setInterval(newInterval);
>
> As with members, public methods should be browsable in Firebug.
>
> If it is/extends a dojo timer, take a quick look at the implementation
> in:
> struts2-core-xxx.jar!/org/apache/struts2/static/dojo/src/lang/timing/Timer.js
>
>>
>> Jeromy Evans - Blue Sky Minds wrote:
>>
>>> Your code references "quoteDetails" but the div you provided is
>>> "myDivId". Other than that I don't see anything wrong with it.
>>> updateFreq should be writeable using your approach although I haven't
>>> tried it.
>>>
>>> Try a simple script:
>>>
>>> var myWidget = dojo.widget.byId("myDivId");
>>> myWidget.updateFreq = 10;
>>>
>>> Use a breakpoint in FireBug to ensure the widget is found and that the
>>> updateFreq member is public.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>> Jeromy Evans
>>>
>>> Grish wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok I've made some progress but now i'm stuck. What I did was have a a
>>>> div
>>>> tag
>>>>
>>>> <s:div id="myDivId" theme="ajax" href="%{url}" formId="frmMyForm"
>>>> showLoadingText="false" updateFreq="5000" autoStart="false"
>>>> startTimerListenTopics="/startTimer"
>>>> stopTimerListenTopics="/stopTimer" />
>>>>
>>>> then I have select box
>>>>
>>>> <s:select id="refreshEvery" onchange="updateFreq(this)" list="myList"
>>>> />
>>>>
>>>> then on my updateFreq function i have the following:
>>>>
>>>> function updateFreq(obj) {
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> if (obj.selectedIndex == 0) {
>>>> dojo.event.topic.publish("/stopTimer");
>>>> }
>>>> else {
>>>> // get Div and update frequency
>>>> var quoteDiv = dojo.byId("quoteDetails");
>>>> quoteDiv.updateFreq = obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].value;
>>>> dojo.event.topic.publish("/startTimer");
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Right now everything is working except the change to the updateFreq.
>>>> When
>>>> the timer starts it still keeps with the 5 second interval Is it
>>>> possible
>>>> to
>>>> access this property and change it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Grish wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having a hard time trying to implement this - I want to have a
>>>>> select
>>>>> box containing options for the user to select the update frequency of
>>>>> my
>>>>> div tag. So my select box has "no refresh", "30 seconds", "60
>>>>> seconds",
>>>>> "120 seconds" and depending on what the user selects the frequency
>>>>> will
>>>>> change.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking i could make a topic to change the updateFreq parameter
>>>>> then with the onchange event with the select tag i'll make a call for
>>>>> that
>>>>> topic:
>>>>>
>>>>> dojo.event.topic.subscribe("/changeRefresh", function(data, type,
>>>>> request)
>>>>> {
>>>>> // code to change the updateFreq of the div tag
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> <s:select
>>>>> onchange="onchange="dojo.event.topic.publish('/changeRefresh')"
>>>>> ......
>>>>>
>>>>> I just don't know how to access the div tag and change the updateFreq
>>>>> parameter. I tried using the dojo.byId("myDivId") function but it
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> work. Suggestion on how to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also just curious as to why there's no type variable when i call my
>>>>> topic
>>>>> from an event like onchange, it's always undefined.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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