Timer

[Brad]

Is there a way to call a service at specific intervals?

If not, I guess a Javascript timer would be ok to use, but then how to call the service to run?

Thanks..

[maxkatz]

Yes, custom JavaScript timer is one way to go. Let me find whether possible and/or how to call a service from JavaScript

[maxkatz]

Try this:
setTimeout( "restdatasource01.execute({})" , 5000);

where 'restdatasource01' is the name of the service

[Brad]

Max,

Yes, I managed to create a timer from script that works until cancelled. I noticed that when the service runs, the entire screen develops a grey overlay with a busy icon until finished, like it's working without freeing the current thread.

Is there a way to avoid this?

[maxkatz]

Yes, that's an Ajax status indicator - to let you know that's something is happening. You want to disable it?

[Brad]

Yes, the application I 'm working on needs to run 24/7 in the background, updating at set intervals. The screen would interfere with the other phone/user functions. So, I guess my next question is, how to keep running our applications after exit, in this situation the screen should not turn grey or show Ajax update icon when accessing services.

[maxkatz]

Use this on page load: $('#ajaxBusy').remove();

[Brad]

That worked perfectly! Again thanks!

[Jonathan Clark]

I was looking for the same thing and tried this solution, but later found:

var mytimedfunc=setInterval("javascript function",milliseconds);

which automatically runs the event everyXseconds as opposed to once after timeout. I like this a bit better because it's really easy to just add:

clearInterval(mytimedfunc);

on "beforeUnload". Don't know if this is useful to anyone but just thought I would add to the discussion.

[Kateryna Grynko]

Jonathan, thank you for sharing this.