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Selecting a Timer within an If function not triggering the timer to start.

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Posted on by Bertiescrepe

Hi I have a Timer that work correctly in that is starts when selected by code in a button. However, if I only want the timer to start on a condition this stops working.

Button.OnSelect code is Select(Timer)

Timer.OnSelect = Set(_var_Start_Timer, false); Set(_var_Start_Timer, true)

Timer.Startcode = _var_Start_Timer

The above set up works fine but if I change the Button.OnSelect code to

If(_var_trigger = 1, Select(Timer), [other code])

The timer does not start even when _var_trigger equals 1.

Is this a limitation or a bug and are there any workarounds?

Many thanks,

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AhmedSalih 6,680 Moderator on at

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Hello, @Bertiescrepe Make sure that the value of _var_trigger is indeed 1 when you are clicking the button. You can add a Label control to your app and set its Text property to _var_trigger to display the current value.

Then:

Timer.Start = _var_Start_Timer && (_var_trigger = 1)

Button.OnSelect = If(_var_trigger = 1, UpdateContext({_var_Start_Timer: !_var_Start_Timer}), [other code])

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Bertiescrepe 24 on at

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Thank you very much for the quick reply @AhmedSalih this seems to be working with a context variable but also needs to be set in the calling button rather than the OnSelect property of the Timer as you had suggested with your code. The trigger variable was set on app start and never changed so was definitely set to the correct value (I did double check with a label as well).
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@Bertiescrepe, I am glad it worked out. Always happy to help 🙂