Syntax for wait

[quailcreek]

Hi,
I have a command in the stack script that does some checking and if there is an error it sends answer “there is a problemo.” The command is called be several cards in the stack from a preOpenCard handler. The problem is, because it’s call on preOpenCard, the answer dialog shows up before the card is displayed. I tried wait 1 sec but that didn’t work. Would wait until openCard work? I know I could just change to an openCard handler but I wanted to check with the forum first. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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command GetContactName pContactID
   local tFullName
   
   if isNumber (pContactID) then
      put mobileGetContactData(pContactID) into theData[contact]
      if the result is an array then 
         if theData[contact]["middlename"] is empty then
            put theData[contact]["firstname"] && theData[contact]["lastname"]  into tFullName
         else
            put theData[contact]["firstname"] && theData[contact]["middlename"] && theData[contact]["lastname"]  into tFullName
         end if
         
         if theData[contact]["suffix"] is not empty then
            put comma && theData[contact]["suffix"] after tFullName
         end if
      else
         wait for something humma humma
         answer "The Contact could not be found. Contact may have been deleted." 
      end if
   end if
   return tFullName
end GetContactName

[snm]

Use send command. Look for it in Dictionary.

Marek

[bn]

What Marek said,

try either in your preopenStack handler

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put contactId into temp
send "getContackName temp" to me in 50 milliseconds

or move the call to getContactId to the openCard handler

Kind regards

Bernd