“cancel” for MSL wait statements

alexs1

A scenario came up when writing an MSL script where I was looking for something that could cancel the wait statement while it was operating.

For example:

`wait loop
Undo

function OnRepeat{
if repeatCount == 2
cancel
Undo}`

should cancel the wait statement on a double press in order to make this quantized/unquantized Undo script work. I remember it being in there in MOS, but I don’t think it works the same in MSL

jeff

Yes, good idea. There are some questions around what happens after the wait is canceled, that I think even .mos didn't resolve. Is just the wait canceled and the script resumes after the wait, in this case going immediately to Undo? Or does it cancel the entire "main" part of the script leaving only the OnRepeat to do it's thing then end?

I can imagine variables to test this:

    wait loop
    if waitCanceled {
         ...
    }
    else {
       ...
     }

Or arguments to cancel to specify how much of a cancel to do:

  CancelWait(continue=true)

Or maybe just a few functions to spell it out:

   CancelAndContinue
   CancelAndEnd