[Seaside] A countdown in ajax

[Bob Arning]

  If you want to do it from the seaside side, you could use Comet (the 
"self pusher" below).

When the question is rendered, start a timer:

startTimerProcess

     timerProcess := [
         [
             (Delay forSeconds: howLong) wait.
             self pusher javascript: [ :script |
                 script << (script jQuery: #whatsHisName) load html: [ 
:h | ...update with new content...]
             ].
         ].
         timerProcess := nil.
     ] forkAt: Processor userBackgroundPriority.

If the timer expires, the

         script << (script jQuery: #whatsHisName) ...update with new 
content...

could move to the next question. If the user answers before the time 
expires, then kill the timer and start a new one (if needed)

timerProcess terminate.
timerProcess := nil.
self startTimerProcess.

Cheers,
Bob

On 9/18/10 11:44 AM, Alberto Bacchelli wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am trying to implement a sort of questionnaire.
> There is one question per "page" (each page is simply
> a div element that is rendered or not), and each page
> has a time limit.
>
> This means that I would like to show an ajax countdown in the
> page, and I want to automatically change the page when the
> time expires.
>
> I have no idea on how to implement this,
> since in my opinion it would involve a separate
> thread that takes care of the timing issue.
> And I wouldn't know what's the way to deal with
> threads in seaside.
>
> Do you have any pointer/suggestion for me?
>
> Thank you,
>  Alberto
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