[jawsscripts] Re: Schedule events
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:29:37 -0700
On 2/23/13, Jim Snowbarger <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Trivia Question, in the folowing snippet of code, which message do you think
> will get spoken first? Hello? or Goodbye.
> The winner will recieve an all expenses paid trip to nowhere, and a cracked
> version of NVDA.
> Script Test ()
>
> ; start this from the keyboard
>
> ScheduleFunction ("HelpTest", 1)
>
> delay(50)
>
> SayString ("goodbye")
>
> EndScript
>
>
>
> Function helpTest ()
>
> SayString ("hello")
>
> EndFunction
>
>
>
> The answer? Are you sure you want to know? You're not going to like this.
>
>
>
> Wrong. Good bye is spoken first, because the jaws script engine is busy
> processing the delay statement when the scheduled function comes due. So,
> the scheduled event must wait for the main script to finish, even though it
> is due sooner.
>
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