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TIMELINE IDs

When creating a TIMELINE_EVENT,  the timeline ID must be a user defined long constant.

  • The NetLinx compiler will not semantic check the type of the timeline ID, and the NetLinx runtime system will attempt to cast the contents of the timeline ID constant, to a long constant.
  • A runtime error will occur if the cast is unsuccessful.

Example

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DEFINE_VARIABLE
CONSTANT LONG TimelineID_1 = 1
CONSTANT LONG TimelineID_2 = 2
CONSTANT LONG TimelineID_3 = 3
CONSTANT LONG TimelineID_4 = 4
LONG TimeArray[4] =
{
    1000, // 1 second
    2000, // 2 seconds
    3000, // 3 seconds
    4000  // 4 seconds
}

DEFINE_START
TIMELINE_CREATE (TimelineID_1,TimeArray,LENGTH_ARRAY(TimeArray),TIMELINE_RELATIVE,TIMELINE_REPEAT)
TIMELINE_CREATE (TimelineID_2,TimeArray,LENGTH_ARRAY(TimeArray),TIMELINE_RELATIVE,TIMELINE_REPEAT)
TIMELINE_CREATE (TimelineID_3,TimeArray,LENGTH_ARRAY(TimeArray),TIMELINE_RELATIVE,TIMELINE_REPEAT)
TIMELINE_CREATE (TimelineID_4,TimeArray,LENGTH_ARRAY(TimeArray),TIMELINE_RELATIVE,TIMELINE_REPEAT)

DEFINE_EVENT
// typical TIMELINE_EVENT statement
TIMELINE_EVENT[TimelineID_1] // capture all events for Timeline 1
{
    SEND_STRING 0,"'TL ID = ', itoa(timeline.id),', sequence = ',itoa(timeline.sequence)"
}

// example of "stacked" TIMELINE_EVENT statements
TIMELINE_EVENT[TimelineID_2] // capture all events for Timeline 2
TIMELINE_EVENT[TimelineID_3] // capture all events for Timeline 3
TIMELINE_EVENT[TimelineID_4] // capture all events for Timeline 4
{
    SEND_STRING 0,"'TL ID = ', itoa(timeline.id),', sequence = ',itoa(timeline.sequence)"
}

// end

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