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michael319
michael319

Reputation: 41

Problems with variables working outside idle loops in apple script

I have a problem with variables not working outside an idle. What should I do to make it work? My code looks like this:

set currentdate to current date
set currentminute to currentdate's minutes
on idle
    display dialog currentminute
    if idle_time < 0 then set idle_time to days - (time of (current date))
    return idle_time
end idle

Upvotes: 0

Views: 121

Answers (1)

vadian
vadian

Reputation: 285260

on idle is not a loop, it's a handler having its own scope.

Mark currentminute as global or declare it as property for example. Both ways makes the variable available in handlers on lower levels.

property currentminute : 0

set currentdate to current date
set currentminute to currentdate's minutes

 on idle
    display dialog currentminute
    if idle_time < 0 then set idle_time to days - (time of (current date))
    return idle_time
end idle

Upvotes: 1

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