[Danko22]

Hi everyone, here's my doubt :

There is any way to use a function during an specific time? The idea is to call a function, and tell the function to be used only during x seconds. The function I'm talking about, just mutes the audio file that is sounding. In other words, I'm trying to implement a function which while listening to a song, if you press a key (anyone) you will mute the audio file during those x seconds.

Thanks in advance :-)

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean you want to press a key and hold it down, and while it's down you want the audio to be muted? If so, you can probably do it by calling the function when the key press even is detected and then calling another function, which resets the volume, when the key release event is detected.

Please try to explain the situation again.

[Danko22]

Hi Bogdan, thanks for your interest.

What I meant is: I just want to press the key once, just a simple press. Once I've pressed the key (I'm not holding it down or pressing again), the mute function is activated during x seconds. When those x seconds have passed, the function mute is not used anymore and the volume is reset.
Is this explanation clearer?

Danko

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Yes. Well all you have to do is call the function that sets the volume to 0 and use a timer (more information in the PyS60 Library Reference, the part about Ao_timer) to call the function that resets the volume once x seconds have passed. There's a somewhat close example here.

[gaba88]

hello Danko22

just to add something to bogdans answer, please have a look at this wiki article about how not to use timers.

Regards
Gaba88