timer status

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

How could i know the status of the timer if its still running or not?
thanks in advance [import]uid: 79884 topic_id: 18407 reply_id: 318407[/import]

#2

+1 [import]uid: 74537 topic_id: 18407 reply_id: 70579[/import]

#3

Not sure if there is a built in function for that, but you can just turn a flag on and off.

local timerOn = 0  
  
--turning the timer on  
timer1 = timer.performWithDelay( blah blah )  
timerOn = 1  
  
--turning the timer off  
timer.cancel(timer1)  
timerOn = 0

Whenever you want check if the timer is running, check the value of the flag [import]uid: 31262 topic_id: 18407 reply_id: 70598[/import]

#4

i do not cancel the timer in my code!
it should be canceled when its finished. [import]uid: 79884 topic_id: 18407 reply_id: 70759[/import]

#5

It doesn’t matter, this is just an example. You can set the flag to 0 when you pause the timer as well.
To check the status of the timer just use an if statement:

if ( timerOn == 1 ) then  
 --code here  
end

You just have to set timerOn to 1 every time you turn the timer on and to 0 every time you turn it off. [import]uid: 31262 topic_id: 18407 reply_id: 70804[/import]