Re: Cancel Executing Script
Gregory Pittman <gpittman-s/[email protected]>
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On 3/23/21 6:07 AM, ZASKE Martin wrote: > I would like to submit my +1 > > We regularly use the Scribus Generator for mailings and there is no > coding error, but depending on the database and the complexity of a > document, the script can run typically up to 20 minutes. > > Sometimes we have reasons (like a power cut (Africa), or a database > error) to interrupt such a script. Since it uses much of the processor > capacity, and keeps jumping between windows, I never manage to cut it. > So I have to look at my frantic computer, knowing that the entire run > and all results will be faulty. > > I could add some break dialog into the Scribus Generator, but that would > mean that I have to confirm many times, when all is well. > > So a nice, solid, red emergency-button for all scripts would be a > valuable and welcome feature please. If possible. > > > Or - if this feature is not important to most users - could somebody > give us pointers how Matt and Martin could add such a feature in all > their concerned scripts, please? > Typically, when a script won't quit running, there is some continual loop going on. This is one of the reasons for saving documents before running a script. More importantly, you need to find out the source of the never-ending loop. I have put messageBox() into a loop that feeds back one or more variables to understand what's happening. You can also put in a valueDialog() where you give permission for the script to continue with one value and with another leads to a sys.exit. You could also create a counter of some sort that counts the number of recursions of a loop, then exits with some excessive value. Greg ___ Scribus Mailing List: [email protected] Edit your options or unsubscribe: http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net