1.205.2 Send methods

timer ->delay:

Delay for timer<-interval. XPCE processes events while execution is suspended.

timer ->execute:

Execute the timers timer<-message with the following arguments:

@receiver		The timer itself.

timer ->initialise: interval=num, message=[code]*

Create a timer object from its interval and the message to execute. After creation, the timer is idle. Use timer->start or timer->status to start the timer.

timer ->start: how=[{repeat,once}], times=[int]

Equivalent to timer->status: [repeat]. If times is given, the timer stops after it fired this many times. It counts down timer<-times before it runs the message, so the message can see from timer<-times being 0 that it will not be called again.

timer ->stop:

Equivalent to timer->status: idle.

timer ->running: running=bool

Start/stop the timer in repeat mode.

@on, timer->start	is equivalent to timer->status: repeat
@off, timer->stop	is equivalent to timer->status: idle.