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BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:59 pm
Post subject: timer.scheduleAtFixedRate won't stop

Well when i type !flags on it schedules my bot to send *flags every 10 minutes. The only problem if when i type !flags off, it doesn't turn the timertask off.

I tried:

timer.cancel();
task.cancel();
timer = null;
boolean cancel;

nothing turns this fixed rate off. How do i make it go away?

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TimerTask task = new TimerTask(){
public void run(){
m_botAction.sendUnfilteredPublicMessage("*flags");
}
};
if( message.equals( "on" ) ){
tt.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, initialDelay, period);
flagStatus = on;
m_botAction.sendPrivateMessage( name, "Flag Announcing is ON" );
} else if( message.equals("off" ) ){
m_botAction.sendPrivateMessage( name, "Flag announcing off." );
running=false;
tt.cancel();
tt=null;
boolean cancel;
flagStatus = off;
}

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Purge - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:09 pm
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You sure you declared TimerTask() correctly?

I'd imagine something like this:

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timertask = new TimerTask();

Then again, Java is evil.

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:14 pm
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Nope

D1st0rt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:18 pm
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You don't actually have task.cancel(); in that block of code, which should do it. If not, you can use m_botAction.cancelTasks();

Your other option is to keep the task running and then just put a boolean flag within the task

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TimerTask task = new TimerTask()
{
public void run()
{
if(announceFlags)
m_botAction.sendUnfilteredPublicMessage("*flags");
}
};

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:25 pm
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Didn't work. This is what i have...

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public void flags(String name, String message){
if(oplist.isSmod(name)){
Timer tt = new Timer();
int initialDelay = 5000; // start after 5 seconds
int period = 600000; // repeat every 10 minutes
TimerTask task = new TimerTask(){
public void run(){
m_botAction.sendUnfilteredPublicMessage("*flags");
}
};
if( message.equals( "on" ) ){
tt.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, initialDelay, period);
flagStatus = on;
m_botAction.sendPrivateMessage( name, "Flag Announcing is ON" );
} else if( message.equals("off" ) ){
m_botAction.sendPrivateMessage( name, "Flag announcing off." );
tt.cancel();
m_botAction.cancelTasks();
flagStatus = off;
}
}
}

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:25 pm
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lemme try ur supplied code 1 sec...

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:27 pm
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I tried:

if(flagStatus == off){}
else
m_botAction.sendUnfilteredPublicMessage( "*flags" );
but when they type !flags on again it sets another timer and it runs 2 timers...

D1st0rt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:32 pm
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Yeah, thats why you'd have to change the code of the !flags command to just change the boolean

Look at the code for bshipbot's night mode to see an example

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:34 pm
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What do u suggest?

D1st0rt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:35 pm
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I edited not fast enough

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:37 pm
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Thank You so much, ill try it.

BDwinsAlt - Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:53 pm
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I got it! You sexy hooker.