infinite loop problem

Hello. I tried to create an alarm clock program that would loop until the desired time, then it would open an audio file based upon user choice. The program itself works perfectly... that is, until it reaches the alarm time. Then it loops infinately, trying to open WMP every second. Anyone have a suggestion as to how I can change / fix this issue? The coding is at the bottom, and yes, I code a little differently with my if statements...

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<html> 

<head> 

<script type="text/javascript">

function time()

{

var date = new Date();  

var hourNow = date.getHours();  

var minuteNow = date.getMinutes(); 

var secondsNow = date.getSeconds();   

var weekday=new Array(7); 

weekday[0]="Sunday"; 

weekday[1]="Monday"; 

weekday[2]="Tuesday"; 

weekday[3]="Wednesday"; 

weekday[4]="Thursday"; 

weekday[5]="Friday"; 

weekday[6]="Saturday";
 
if (secondsNow < 10)

{

secondsNow = "0" + secondsNow;   

} 
 
document.getElementById("time").value = 'Current time is: ' + weekday[date.getDay()] + ', ' + hourNow + ':' + minuteNow + ':' + secondsNow;

 setTimeout("time()",1000);

}
 
function run() 

{ 
 
var alarmDay = document.getElementById("day").value; 

var alarmHour = document.getElementById("hour").value; 

var alarmMinute = document.getElementById("minute").value; 
 
var date = new Date();   

var hourNow = date.getHours();   

var minuteNow = date.getMinutes();  

var secondsNow = date.getSeconds();
 
var weekday=new Array(7);  

weekday[0]="Sunday";  

weekday[1]="Monday";  

weekday[2]="Tuesday";  

weekday[3]="Wednesday";  

weekday[4]="Thursday";  

weekday[5]="Friday";  

weekday[6]="Saturday"; 
 
var true1 = 0;

var true2 = 0;

var true3 = 0;

var count = 0;

var interval;
 
 if (alarmDay == weekday[date.getDay()])

{  

true1 = 1;

}
 
if (alarmDay != weekday[date.getDay()])

{

true1 = 0;

}
 
if (alarmHour == hourNow)

{

true2 = 1;

}
 
if (alarmHour != hourNow)

{

true2 = 0;

}
 
if (alarmMinute == minuteNow)

{

true3 = 1;

}
 
if (alarmMinute != minuteNow)

{

true3 = 0;

}
 
if ((true1 == 0) || (true2 == 0) || (true3 == 0))

{

document.getElementById("alarm").value = "Alarm has been set";

}
 
if ((true1 == 1) && (true2 == 1) && (true3 == 1))

{

count = count + 1;

var path = document.getElementById("path").value;

window.open(path);

}
 
interval = setInterval("run()",1000);
 
if (count > 1)

{

clearInterval(interval);

}

}

</script> 

</head> 

<body onload="time();"> 
 
<table bgcolor="gray" width=300> 
 
<td><font color="white"> 

<center> 

<textarea id="time" style="border:none; overflow:auto"></textarea> 

<br> 

Select the day you want the alarm to run.<br> 

<select id="day"> 

<option name="sunday" value="Sunday" >Sunday 

<option name="monday" value="Monday" >Monday 

<option name="tuesday" value="Tuesday" >Tuesday 

<option name="wednesday" value="Wednesday" >Wednesday 

<option name="thursday" value="Thursday" >Thursday 

<option name="friday" value="Friday" >Friday 

<option name="saturday" value="Saturday" >Saturday 

</select> 

</center> 
 
<center> 

Select the time you want the alarm to run.<br> 
 
<select id="hour"> 

<option name="00" value="00" >00 

<option name="01" value="01" >01 

<option name="02" value="02" >02 

<option name="03" value="03" >03 

<option name="04" value="04" >04 

<option name="05" value="05" >05 

<option name="06" value="06" >06 

<option name="07" value="07" >07 

<option name="08" value="08" >08 

<option name="09" value="09" >09 

<option name="10" value="10" >10 

<option name="11" value="11" >11 

<option name="12" value="12" >12 

<option name="13" value="13" >13 

<option name="14" value="14" >14 

<option name="15" value="15" >15 

<option name="16" value="16" >16 

<option name="17" value="17" >17 

<option name="18" value="18" >18 

<option name="19" value="19" >19 

<option name="20" value="20" >20 

<option name="21" value="21" >21 

<option name="22" value="22" >22 

<option name="23" value="23" >23 

</select> 
 
<select id="minute"> 

<option name="00" value="0" >00 

<option name="01" value="1" >01 

<option name="02" value="2" >02 

<option name="03" value="3" >03 

<option name="04" value="4" >04 

<option name="05" value="5" >05 

<option name="06" value="6" >06 

<option name="07" value="7" >07 

<option name="08" value="8" >08 

<option name="09" value="9" >09 

<option name="10" value="10" >10 

<option name="11" value="11" >11 

<option name="12" value="12" >12 

<option name="13" value="13" >13 

<option name="14" value="14" >14 

<option name="15" value="15" >15 

<option name="16" value="16" >16 

<option name="17" value="17" >17 

<option name="18" value="18" >18 

<option name="19" value="19" >19 

<option name="20" value="20" >20 

<option name="21" value="21" >21 

<option name="22" value="22" >22 

<option name="23" value="23" >23 

<option name="24" value="24" >24 

<option name="25" value="25" >25 

<option name="26" value="26" >26 

<option name="27" value="27" >27 

<option name="28" value="28" >28 

<option name="29" value="29" >29 

<option name="30" value="30" >30 

<option name="31" value="31" >31 

<option name="32" value="32" >32 

<option name="33" value="33" >33 

<option name="34" value="34" >34 

<option name="35" value="35" >35 

<option name="36" value="36" >36 

<option name="37" value="37" >37 

<option name="38" value="38" >38 

<option name="39" value="39" >39 

<option name="40" value="40" >40 

<option name="41" value="41" >41 

<option name="42" value="42" >42 

<option name="43" value="43" >43 

<option name="44" value="44" >44 

<option name="45" value="45" >45 

<option name="46" value="46" >46 

<option name="47" value="47" >47 

<option name="48" value="48" >48 

<option name="49" value="49" >49 

<option name="50" value="50" >50 

<option name="51" value="51" >51 

<option name="52" value="52" >52 

<option name="53" value="53" >53 

<option name="54" value="54" >54 

<option name="55" value="55" >55 

<option name="56" value="56" >56 

<option name="57" value="57" >57 

<option name="58" value="58" >58 

<option name="59" value="59" >59 

</select> 
 
<br> 
 
Enter the path for the sound file you wish to use<br> 
 
<input type="file" id="path" style="width:300px;"><br> 
 
<input type="reset" value="Reset" onclick="javascript: window.location.reload();"> 

<input type="button" value="Exit" onclick="javascript: window.close();">
 
<input type="button" value="Run Alarm" onclick="run();"> 
 
</center> 

</table>

<textarea id="alarm" style="border:none; overflow:auto"></textarea> 

</body> 

</html>

Oct 8 '09 #1

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gits

5,390

Expert Mod 4TB

since you rerun the function in an interval and initialize the variable count within that function it will never be greater then 1 ... so the condition is always false

kind regards

Oct 9 '09 #2

risk32

@gits
Gits, where would be an effective place to put the count variable? I was thinking maybe before or after the

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if ((true1 == 1) && (true2 == 1) && (true3 == 1))

portion of code, but I'm not sure it would make a difference.

Oct 9 '09 #3

gits

5,390

Expert Mod 4TB

the simplest way would be to make it global ... which means that the variable should be declared outside of your function ...

kind regards

Oct 12 '09 #4

risk32

@gits
So it should look something like this:

vairable...

function run()
{
...
}

Oct 13 '09 #5

gits

5,390

Expert Mod 4TB

yepp ... alike this :)

Oct 13 '09 #6

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