[IGN-2420] Way to prevent script from running when popup view loads?

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I don't really have an answer for you, however, this post might shed some light on what you're running into.

Perspective components internal loading

There’s no way to know when the component is done, because in the strictest sense it’s not Ignition (Perspective) that’s taking the 10-20 seconds. The property assignment is instantaneous, but after the assignment there are several factors which all add to the amount of time: The Gateway has to send all of the data to the browser through the websocket. Like a pipe, there’s only so much data which can be sent at one time - the data sort of backs up and comes through in chunks. The browser recei…

I would also suggest using the system.date.* functions as opposed to the datetime package.