setTimeOut and local function - x++

Question

I'm working on Ax 4.0
I'm trying to use the Object.setTimeOut method in a job with a local function, as stated in the msdn documentation :
static void setTimeOutJob()
{
Object o = new Object();
void printText()
{
;
info( "2 seconds has elapsed since the user did anything" );
}
;
// Set a Time Out with the idle flag set to false
o.setTimeOut(identifierstr(printText), 2000, false);
}
But this simple job doesn't produce anything, so it seems I'm missing something here.
Has someone worked with this ?

Answer 1

The setTimeout method does not work with a local function in a job.
For a working example have a look on the form tutorial_Timer instead.
Update:
The setTimeout method is a "magic" function, but it does not turn AX into a multithreading environment.
It only works while a Windows event loop is in action. In the AX context it means that a form is running and someone else is waiting for the form to complete. The sleep function does not meet the criteria.
Also the object must be "alive", calling a garbage collected object is no good!
Example (class based):
class SetTimeoutTest extends Object //Yes, extend or it will not compile
{
str test;
}
public void new()
{
super();
test = "Hello";
}
public str test()
{
return test;
}
protected void timedOut()
{;
test = "2 seconds has elapsed since the user did anything";
info(test);
}
static void main(Args args)
{
SetTimeoutTest t = new SetTimeoutTest();
FormRun fr;
;
t.setTimeOut(methodStr(SetTimeoutTest,timedOut), 2000, false);
//sleep(4000); //Does not work
fr = ClassFactory::formRunClassOnClient(new Args(formstr(CustGroup))); //Could be any form
fr.init();
fr.run();
fr.wait(); //Otherwise the t object runs out of scope
info(t.test());
}

Answer 2

I just don't think it works with jobs. I've used it on forms where the method is on the element level, and have done element.setTimeout and it works fine.