fxruby users - May 2007 - How can I make a window stay open for a set amount of time?

Hi there, I have this script that I want to go away after a few minutes.
I''m new to FxRuby and don''t know how to use the addTimeout()
method though.

Can someone please help me with this sample ''hello world''
script below?

----
require ''fox14''
include Fox

application = FXApp.new("Hello", "FoxTest")
main = FXMainWindow.new(application, "Hello", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL)
FXButton.new(main, "&Hello, World!", nil, application,
FXApp::ID_QUIT)
application.create()

          delay = 5 * 1000     # (time is in milliseconds)
          application.addTimeout( delay, exit )

main.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
application.run()
----


I want the window to display for 5 seconds and disappear.  When I run the
above script nothing seems to happen though.  The window never appears.

Suggestions?
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Paul Carvalho wrote:
> Hi there, I have this script that I want to go away after a few 
> minutes.  I''m new to FxRuby and don''t know how to use the
addTimeout()
> method though.
> 
> Can someone please help me with this sample ''hello world''
script below?
> 
> ----
> require ''fox14''
> include Fox
> 
> application = FXApp.new("Hello", "FoxTest")
> main = FXMainWindow.new(application, "Hello", nil, nil,
DECOR_ALL)
> FXButton.new (main, "&Hello, World!", nil, application,
FXApp::ID_QUIT)
> application.create()
> 
>           delay = 5 * 1000     # (time is in milliseconds)
>           application.addTimeout( delay, exit )
> 
> main.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
> application.run()
I tested this in 1.6, but I think it''s probably the same in 1.4:

           application.addTimeout( delay ) { application.exit }

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       vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407

Thank you!!  It works perfectly.  I never would have figured that out.

Cheers!  Paul. =)

On 31/05/07, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
> I tested this in 1.6, but I think it''s probably the same in 1.4:
>
>            application.addTimeout( delay ) { application.exit }
>
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Paul Carvalho wrote:
> Thank you!!  It works perfectly.  I never would have figured that out.
> 
> Cheers!  Paul. =)
> 
> On 31/05/07, *Joel VanderWerf* wrote:
> 
>     I tested this in 1.6, but I think it''s probably the same in
1.4:
> 
>                application.addTimeout( delay ) { application.exit }
It''s a general ruby principle. If you are asking a library to execute 
some of your own code at a later time or after some event (i.e., a 
"callback"), it probably wants that code in the form of a block. 
Assuming the library is rubified...

It never ceases to amaze me that a complex c++ library like Fox has been 
wrapped in a way that makes its ruby API look so natural.

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       vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407