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Tobias Weber

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:56 am
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Gregory Weston1

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:56 am
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In article <towb-27FC9C.11560613082007 DeleteThis @individual.de>,
Tobias Weber <towb DeleteThis @gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> a stay open applet shall periodically draw attention to itself. The code
> below runs but never comes to foreground on its own :(
>
> on idle
> if myMinutes > warnInterval then
> activate me
> end if
> return warnInterval * 60
> end idle

What is myMinutes? By which I mostly mean, where is its value set and
what leads you do believe that it's going to be larger than
warnInterval?

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Tobias Weber

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:38 pm
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Jolly Roger

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:38 pm
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On 2007-08-13 09:29:47 -0500, Tobias Weber <towb RemoveThis @gmx.net> said:

> In article <uce-76D12D.07131413082007 RemoveThis @comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
> Gregory Weston <uce RemoveThis @splook.com> wrote:
>
>> What is myMinutes? By which I mostly mean, where is its value set and
>> what leads you do believe that it's going to be larger than
>> warnInterval?
>
> That part of the code is shortened for this post, but not the problem.
> After replacing activate with beep I get beeps at the right moment.

You'll have to provide us with a complete working sample script so that
we can see the behavior on our own systems. The missing myMinutes
definition prevents us from doing that.

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Gregory Weston1

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:23 pm
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In article <towb-FCC9B9.16294713082007.DeleteThis@individual.de>,
Tobias Weber <towb.DeleteThis@gmx.net> wrote:

> In article <uce-76D12D.07131413082007.DeleteThis@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
> Gregory Weston <uce.DeleteThis@splook.com> wrote:
>
> > What is myMinutes? By which I mostly mean, where is its value set and
> > what leads you do believe that it's going to be larger than
> > warnInterval?
>
> That part of the code is shortened for this post, but not the problem.
> After replacing activate with beep I get beeps at the right moment.

Something's the problem outside what you posted, because in general
'activate me' works fine. I picked the most likely source of problems
based on the sum of information you provided.
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