Profiling / Benchmarking

You will find a general example for the use of timer here.

Profiling / Benchmarking

static int start(char* label)

Starts the timing of a cscript program section.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 ot ErrorCode
label	String oder char*	-	freely selectable name of the timer

Simple timer to measure the execution time of script instructions.

int main ()
{
    //  ...
    timer::reset ();
    for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) 
    {
        timer::start ("create and save snapshot");

        // some instructions ...

        timer::stop ("create and save snapshot");
    }
    timer::dump ();
    return 0;
}

Since

Version 2.1 (P/R 770)

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::stop
system::time_diff

static int frame_start(
  ItemRef frameRef,
  char* key,
  float intervall,
  int flags = 0)

Starts a timer that executes certain layout rules of the frame at the next idle time of the program. A frame may have any number of such timers. But please pay attention to short execution times. If the frame is deleted or the document is closed, active timers are automatically removed.

In the parameter key of the function you define which layout rule(s) the timer should execute. To do this, you create a If Send event block within the layout rules for the event key. All rules within this block are then executed exclusively by this timer. Here is a screenshot for a timer called TIMER:Mein Timer:

Please note : To activate the timer condition, at least one rule of the condition must have set an execution time. It does not matter which execution time you choose, it is only important that at least one condition is activated.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
frameRef	ItemRef	-	The timer is to be defined for this frame. If the frame is deleted or the document is closed, the timer is automatically stopped.
key	String or char*	-	Name of the event whose layout rules are to be executed.
intervall	float	-	Start/interval of the timer in seconds <= 1.0 : Running the timer once >= 1.0 : Repeated execution of the timer at the specified interval The minimum absolute length of the interval is 1 second!
flags	int	0	Additional information for the timer 0 : no further details 1 : Execute timer only if the document is the current front document

In a text frame, the remaining time of a defined period (e.g. the length of a lecture) can be shown. If the time is up, the text "End!" is displayed. After the timer was started with timer::frame_start (gFrame, "My Timer", 5.0);, the following script can be used for the corresponding layout rule (action with ClassID 36).

#include "internal/types.h"

int 	kTimeSpan	= 1200;
char	kKey[]		= "MMy timer";

int main ()
{
    char		dt	[512];
    char		now	[512];
    char		str	[512];
    int			sec	= 0;

    system::now (now, ddmmyyyy_hhmmss);
    timer::frame_get_start (gFrame, kKey, dt);

    sec = kTimeSpan - system::time_diff (now, dt, ddmmyyyy_hhmmss);

    sprintf (str, "%02d:%02d", sec/60, sec-((sec/60)*60));
    if (sec < 0)
    {
        strcpy (str, "End!");
        timer::frame_stop (gFrame, kKey);
    }

    frame::replace (gFrame, str);						
    return 0;
}

Since

v4.1.7, R26311
flags since v4.1.8 R27522

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::frame_stop
timer::frame_get_start

static int document_start(
  ItemRef ref,
  int actionID,
  float intervall,
  int flags = 0)

Install an idle-time handler to execute a script on a document. A frame may have any number of such timers. But please pay attention to short execution times. If the document is closed, active timers of this document are automatically removed.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
ref	ItemRef	-	Reference to the document. You can use any object (for example, gFrame) of the of the desired document here.
actionID	int	-	ID of the action of the timer function. The action must have the ClassID 62.
intervall	float	-	Start/interval of the timer in seconds <= 0.0 : Running the timer once > 0.0 : Repeated execution of the timer at the specified interval The minimum absolute length of the interval is 1 second!
flags	int	0	Additional information for the timer 0 : no further details 1 : Execute timer only if the document is the current front document

The following script (save as action of ID 123456 and with ClassID 62) will write some log messages after every 10 seconds after it was started by timer::start (gFrame, 123456, 10.0);

#include "internal/types.h"

int main ()
{
    String nm = string::alloc ();
    String dt = string::alloc ();

    document::name (nm, gDocument);
    system::now (dt, hhmmss);
    wlog ("", "#### Doc timer called for '%s' : %s\n", nm, dt);

    return 0;
}

Since

v4.1.7, R26311
flags since v4.1.8 R27522

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::document_stop
timer::document_get_start

static int stop(char* label)

Stop timing of a cScript snippet. Take care to have balanced calls of timer::start and timer::stop for a given label.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
label	String oder char*	-	Label of timer used on start
⇨ Timer for frames
frameRef	ItemRef	-	Destinated frame for the timer.
key	String oder char*	-	Key of timer

Since

Version 2.1 (P/R 770)

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::start
timer::get_start

static int frame_stop(ItemRef frameRef, char* key)

Stop a timer of a frame.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
frameRef	ItemRef	-	Destinated frame for the timer to stop.
key	String oder char*	-	Key of timer

Since

v4.1.7, R26311

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::frame_start
timer::frame_get_start

static int document_stop(ItemRef ref, int actionID)

Stop a timer of a document.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
ref	ItemRef	-	Reference to the document. You can use any object (for example, gFrame) of the of the desired document here.
actionID	int	-	ID of the action executed by the timer

Since

v4.1.7, R26311

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::document_start
timer::document_get_start

static int frame_get_start(
  ItemRef frameRef,
  char* key,
  char* out_startDateTime)

Get the start time of a frame timer.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode 502 : No timer startet for the given frame and key -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
frameRef	ItemRef	-	valid frame reference
key	String or char*	-	Key of timer
out_startDateTime	String or char*	0	DateTime string (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) of the start time. May be 0. If not 0 and when using char*, it must have 15 bytes allocated at least.

Since

v4.1.7, R26311

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::frame_start
timer::frame_stop
system::time_diff

static int document_get_start(
  ItemRef ref,
  char* key,
  char* out_startDateTime)

Get the start time of a document timer.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0 or ErrorCode 502 : No timer startet for the given frame and key -1199 : Called by comet_pdf
ref	ItemRef	-	Reference to the document. You can use any object (for example, gFrame) of the of the desired document here.
actionID	int	-	ID of the action that the timer should perform
out_startDateTime	String or char*	0	DateTime string (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) of the start time. May be 0. If not 0 and when using char*, it must have 15 bytes allocated at least.

Since

v4.1.7, R26311

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::document_start
timer::document_stop
system::time_diff

static int reset(char* label = 0)

reset all timer data

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0
label	String or char*	0	timer label used on start

Since

Version 2.1 (P/R 770)

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::start

static int dump(char* label)

dump all timer data to log file

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		0
label	String or char*	-	timer label used on start

Since

Version 2.1 (P/R 770)

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::start

static float get_seconds(char* label, int what)

Get the time counted by a timer.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	float		Counted time or -1.0
label	String or char*	-	Label of timer used on start
what	int	-	What time to return? 0 : ΔTsAverage time needed for one time measurement itself. 1 : fastest 2 : fastest - ΔTs 3 : slowest 4 : slowest - ΔTs 5 : average 6 : average - ΔTs 7 : first 8 : first - ΔTs 9 : last 10 : last - ΔTs 11 : sum 12 : sum - ΔTs

Since

Version 2.1, R 1678, 18. Nov. 2009

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::get_counter
timer::start
timer::stop
timer::dump

static int get_counter(char* label, int what)

Get a value counted by a timer.

Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	int		Counter value or -1
label	String oder char*	-	Label of timer used on start
what	int	-	Value to retrieve? 1 : number of calls 2 : maximum recursion depth 3 : stack

Since

Version 2.1, R 1678, 18. Nov. 2009

Available

priint:comet InDesign^® Plug-Ins, comet_pdf

See Also

timer::get_seconds
timer::start
timer::stop
timer::dump

Time measurement of script parts. Enclose parts of your script in calls to start/stop_timer.

char		stTimerPrefix[]	= "XXXX";

int			stTimerID		= 0;
char		stTimerLabel 	[256];

char * timer_label ()
{
    sprintf (stTimerLabel, "%s %d", stTimerPrefix, stTimerID);
    return stTimerLabel;
}

int start_timer ()
{
    ++stTimerID;
    timer::start (timer_label ());
    return 0;
}

int stop_timer ()
{
    float		duration	= 0.0;
    int			hh 		= 0, mm = 0, ss = 0, milli = 0;
    timer::stop (timer_label ());

    duration 	= timer::get_seconds (timer_label (),11);
    hh			= toint (duration / 3600.0);
    mm			= (toint (duration)  % 3600) / 60;
    ss			= toint (duration)  % 60;
    milli		= toint (duration * 1000.0 + 0.5) % 1000;

    wlog("","%s stopped : %02d:%02d:%02d+%03d (%f)\n", timer_label (), hh, mm, ss, milli, duration);

    timer::reset (timer_label ());
    return 0;
}

int main ()
{
    start_timer ();
    //
    // script statements
    //
    stop_timer ();

    start_timer ();
    //
    // script statements
    //
    stop_timer ();

    return 0;
}

Author

Christoph Soergel

Version

12.03.2024, 15:56 Uhr

Since

Plugin Version 2.1

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