Need a simple Acrobat JavaScript delay

[Don Lancaster]

I am conjuring up some simple JavaScript animation routies that work
entirely WITHIN Acrobat .PDF files.

They work very well but they are waay too fast! And are also CPU speed
dependent.

I want to present each page "cell" for, say, 50 milliseconds.

This "too fast" JavaScript set page action code works fine ..

if (global.animate){this.pageNum++} ;

This JavaScript set page action code does not work...

setTimeOut ("",50) ;
if (global.animate){this.pageNum++} ;

It returns a "ReferenceError: setTimeOut is not defined"

How do I do a simple (and CPU speed independent) delay as a page action?

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Many thanks,

Don Lancaster
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
voice: (928)428-4073 email: (e-mail address removed)

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

 

[Mick White]

I am conjuring up some simple JavaScript animation routies that work
entirely WITHIN Acrobat .PDF files.

They work very well but they are waay too fast! And are also CPU speed
dependent.

I want to present each page "cell" for, say, 50 milliseconds.

This "too fast" JavaScript set page action code works fine ..

if (global.animate){this.pageNum++} ;

This JavaScript set page action code does not work...

setTimeOut ("",50) ;
if (global.animate){this.pageNum++} ;

var timer= setTimeOut("function(){if(global.animate){this.pageNum++}",50);

Perhaps?

It's not clear what "this" refers to, since you haven't posted the whole
script, but if "this" refers to the global scope, I would guess that it
could be omitted.
Mick

 

[Stephen Chalmers]

var timer= setTimeOut("function(){if(global.animate){this.pageNum++}",50);

Perhaps?

The initial error message refers to a case error, as I'm sure you know it's
spelled: setTimeout(.......)

 

[Mick White]

The initial error message refers to a case error, as I'm sure you know it's
spelled: setTimeout(.......)

Oops.
Mick

 

[Don Lancaster]

Oops.
Mick

The Adobe Acrobat JavaScript manual clearly says setTimeOut

Which is correct?

More likely possibility is that "" is unacceptable while "function()"
will get accepted.

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Many thanks,

Don Lancaster
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
voice: (928)428-4073 email: (e-mail address removed)

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com

 

[Mick White]

Stephen Chalmers wrote:
[snip]

The initial error message refers to a case error, as I'm sure you
know it's
spelled: setTimeout(.......)

Oops.
Mick

The Adobe Acrobat JavaScript manual clearly says setTimeOut

Which is correct?

Then "setTimeOut" appears to be part of the Adobe Acrobat DOM, not core
javascript.
Mick