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Hadan
Hadan

Reputation: 91

Idle handler function is not running at the exact specified interval

The script uses idle handler that runs every 5 minutes and alerts me to perform the task. But the script always runs late by 10-40 seconds. I am not sure why that is happening.

global numberOfBeeps, beepcycle

on idle
    
    if beepcycle is greater than 0 then
        say "Update 5 minute data and watchlist " using "Serena"
        set beepcycle to beepcycle - 1
    else
        say "Update 30 minute data and watchlist" using "Kate"
        set beepcycle to 5
        
    end if
    return 300
    
end idle

on run
    set beepcycle to 6
end run

Upvotes: 0

Views: 109

Answers (1)

Robert Kniazidis
Robert Kniazidis

Reputation: 1878

The if statement in your script adds this 10-40 seconds to the on idle handler. So, you should correct the return time of on idle handler some way. For example, you can do something like this:

global numberOfBeeps, beepcycle

on idle
    
    set currentDate to (get current date)
    if beepcycle is greater than 0 then
        say "Update 5 minute data and watchlist " using "Serena"
        set beepcycle to beepcycle - 1
    else
        say "Update 30 minute data and watchlist" using "Kate"
        set beepcycle to 5
    end if
    set timeElapsed to (get current date) - currentDate
    
    return (300 - timeElapsed)
end idle

on run
    set beepcycle to 6
end run

Upvotes: 2

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