Wait for a function to end before continue

[Seerah]

There are two even better ways to accomplish this that do not use any sort of a timer to poll to see if it's ready.

#1 - Have the script you assign to the zo_callLater call actually call the next function when it's finished.

local function callAnotherSubFunction()
     --do other stuff after zo_callLater is finished
end
 
local function callFirstSubFunction()
     --do stuff
     zo_callLater(100, function()
               --do something later
               callAnotherSubFunction()
          end)
end
 
local function mainFunction()
    callFirstSubFunction()
end

#2 - Use callbacks. Register for a custom callback (a custom event) which is fired by the zo_callLater call, and have your callback handler be the second function.

local function callFirstSubFunction()
     --do stuff
     zo_callLater(100, function()
               --do something later
               CALLBACK_MANAGER:FireCallback("zo_callLaterFinished")
          end)
end
 
local function callAnotherSubFunction()
     --do other stuff after zo_callLater is finished
end
 
local function mainFunction()
    callFirstSubFunction()
end
 
CALLBACK_MANAGER:RegisterCallback("zo_callLaterFinished", callAnotherSubFunction)

[Fyrakin]

Originally Posted by Seerah There are two even better ways to accomplish this that do not use any sort of a timer to poll to see if it's ready.

I'd go with callbacks for this. Its more efficient.

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Fyrakin I'd go with callbacks for this. Its more efficient.

Oops - yes. I forgot to put that this would be my preference.

[Klingo]

Thanks a lot for all the feedback, it's much appreciated!
The solution with callbacks definitely seems to be the best way to go on with.