Please add Pause/Wait action

Yzmi · 2010-01-05 23:29

This afternoon I tested about 20 event schedulers & shuddown schedulers,
and I must admit, Denis Kozlov, that you are a gem of a coder! (Shutter beta31)

I suggest to add a pause xx hours yy min zz secs so as,
for example,
to be able to first launch a winamp playlist (m3u) containing a few albums,
then wait 75 minutes (while winamp goes on),
then sound a strong wav alarm (while winamp still goes on),
then another 2 minutes wait (while both winamp & the alarm go on)
then shut monitor and shut computer down.

This simple added feature would give some more flexibility and power to your excellent Shutter.

Thanks a lot, man, for this wonderful tool!

miserable · 2010-03-11 06:15

You can use the "Message" action to accomplish a pause. Click the "+ Add" button to add an action, select "Message", then set it for however many seconds you want it to "pause".

The number of seconds is limited to 999, so you may need to add more "Message" actions. For example, 75 minutes is 4,500 seconds (75 min x 60 secs/min = 4,500 secs), so you could add four 999-second messages and then one 504-second message to equal 4,500 seconds total.

Pliskin · 2010-03-15 12:16

+1, and I'm serious about this.

den4b · 2010-03-23 19:57

How about I remove the limit of time for the "Message" action?

Making a "Pause/Wait" action with no way to bypass/interrupt it is dangerous. It would be better to use "Message".

den4b · 2010-03-24 19:14

I have removed the 999 seconds limit from the "Message" action.

Now you can specify a timeout of up to 10000 minutes.

Pliskin · 2010-03-24 21:07

den4b wrote:

I have removed the 999 seconds limit from the "Message" action.
Now you can specify a timeout of up to 10000 minutes.

Thank you very much!

den4b Forum

#1 2010-01-05 23:29

Please add Pause/Wait action

#2 2010-03-11 06:15

Re: Please add Pause/Wait action

#3 2010-03-15 12:16

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#4 2010-03-23 19:57

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#5 2010-03-24 19:14

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#6 2010-03-24 21:07

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