setInterval bug identified and fixed 2004-02-23 - By Nick Gerig
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Excellent news Ed :)
I'll await the technote before I can truly rest in peace :)
....but a big thanks for your dedication in resolving it
cheers
nick
Edward Chan wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>Just want to let you know that the setInterval bug has been identified and
>fixed and will be available in the next patch release. The bug only affects
>a multi-vhost setup.
>
>We are currently writing up a tech note on this and should have that posted
>in the near future. The work around, until you get the patch, is to do the
>setInterval from the client.
>
>For example,
>
>Instead of doing this from the server-side script:
>
>function displayDate()
>{
> trace(new Date());
>}
>
>setInterval(displayDate, 60*1000); // display date & time every minute
>
>
>You can call the server-side method but on a client side timer.
>Unfortunately, this means you will need to have a persistent client
>connection to the app.
>
>For example, in your client-side code:
>
>nc = new NetConnection();
>nc.connect("rtmp://host/app");
>
>function callTimer()
>{
> nc.call("displayDate", new onDisplayTime());
>}
>
>setInterval(callTimer(), 60*1000);
>
>Server-side code:
>
>function displayDate()
>{
> trace(new Date());
>}
>
>application.onConnect = function(client)
>{
> client.displayDate = function()
> {
> displayDate();
> }
>}
>
>
>I haven't actually run this code, so there might be some bugs, but I think
>you probably get the general idea. Basically, call the method on the
>server-side that you want to be called on a timer, but do it via a client
>call where the timer is on the client-side.
>
>
>
>Ed
>
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