Timer in livecycle

Question

Hi everybody
I try to get the presence of these objects when the file is opened. I use the initialize event. It works in a random way. Sometimes it's OK, sometimes it stops anywhere and sometimes it doesn't start. I assume that a pause is needed. But how can I do that.
Many thanks for your help !
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.one").presence = "visible";', 500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.two").presence = "visible";', 1000); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.three").presence = "visible";', 1500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.four").presence = "visible";', 2000);
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.five").presence = "visible";', 2500);  
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.six").presence = "visible";', 3000); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.seven").presence = "visible";', 3500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.eight").presence = "visible";', 4000); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.nine").presence = "visible";', 4500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.ten").presence = "visible";', 5000); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.eleven").presence = "visible";', 5500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.twelve").presence = "visible";', 6000); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.thirteen").presence = "visible";', 6500); 
var Test = app.setTimeOut('xfa.resolveNode("xfa.form.ira.Page1.help_number.fourteen").presence = "visible";', 7000); 

Answer 1

Hi,
I think the problem we are having is the value returned from the setTimeOut method is being garbage collected, which causes the timeout to be cancelled.  So maybe if you had a different return variable for each call to setTimeOut that would help, though event scripts (like initialize, click, docReady, etc) are not stateful so will be subject to garbage collection again, once they finish.  Maybe you could try assigning the returned value to a variable in a script object, (which should work for Reader 8.1 and later).
I have changed my sample to do something similar but I am dynamically (in the JavaScript way) creating a property on the app object, this doesn't seem to be garbage collected, or at least not as often.   Use the same link for my sample above.
Regards
Bruce