Am 16.03.2006 um 12:44 schrieb Cédrick Béler:

> Hi and thanks for answering :)
>
>> However, those scripting extensions do not work in plain Squeak,  
>> but  only in Tweak or Croquet.
>
> Thats maybe why I don't have waitTick:    :)
>
>> Also, for a 3 hour delay you might want to  use a Delay ("self  
>> wait: 3*60*60") instead of checking in every tick.
>
> Ok for that. When a process is waiting is it consuming  
> ressources ?  is it reliable ?
> If I have well understood, your advice is to use an endless loop  
> instead of an instance of Scheduler ?
>
>>> I haven't the whole solution but Bert gave me an advise for such   
>>> things. Define a method within your class with the task you need   
>>> with an endless loop. In this loop you wait for the next tick  
>>> (self  waitTick). In this loop you define the loading of the XML  
>>> file.
>>> Start this method as a script e.g. in the step of initializing.
>>>
>>> self startScript: #loadXML
>>
> I found a method Player>>startScript:   is it the one you're  
> talking about ?

No. All of this is specific to Tweak/Croquet.

In normal Squeak you would fork off a block, as described in the  
other replies.

- Bert -