"program active" testable in IF statements

[oskrypuch]

From the Program Summary page, programs can be listed as Enabled (on/off), Activity (idle/running 'xxx') and Status (true/false)

 

In an IF statement you can test for the Status like so:

 

If
   Program 'DoSomething' is True
...

 

I don't see any way to directly test for the Activity of a program, IOW whether it is currently idle or running Then or Else, etc.

 

You could handle it with a separate Program "variable", but that is a bit clumsy.

 

A feature request.

 

* Orest

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello Orest,

 

In cases of programs that do not have Wait/Repeat statements, the additional overhead for checking activity (the duration of which might be between milliseconds to few seconds in case of communications errors) is a bit too much.

 

Do you have any specific use cases in mind for which this is needed?

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[oskrypuch]

It is exactly that application, to check a program that is in a WAIT loop. Something like this:

 

 

Program CheckStatus

 

if Program 'DoStuff_wait_DoMore Stuff' is not active

Then ...

 

 

 

Program DoStuff_wait_DoMore Stuff

if

Then

wait xx

MoreStuff

 

 

 

I can also accomplish this with Program pseudo-variables, basically setting a semaphore to allow for a testable condition, when the second program is running its Then statement.

 

* Orest

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Orest, thank you!

 

I'll see what we can do ...

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[oskrypuch]

Many thanks.

 

* Orest