# Timer script not starting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 16, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425 "2013-10-16T19:06:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@aharris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aharris)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425/1 "2013-10-16T19:06:33Z")

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I have a timer script at the client level that I expect to run when I go to runtime from the designer. It works as expected until I close the designer and reopen it. Then the script will not run. The only way I can get it to run is to go to runtime and then go into edit mode of the script. When I hit apply or ok the script starts running and continues to when I enter and exit runtime, until I close and open the designer.

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425/2 "2013-10-24T21:13:58Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for reporting this. This will be fixed for 7.6.4. The designer wasn’t always correctly watching the edit/runtime mode, instead, it was starting the scripts if you happened to close the edit script window while the designer was in runtime mode. In other words, to get around this until the next update, put the designer in runtime mode, then open the client scripts window and click “ok” without changing anything.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![aharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@aharris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aharris)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425/3 "2013-10-28T18:14:56Z")

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Ok, thanks!

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-script-not-starting/7425/4 "2013-11-27T21:08:30Z")

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7.6.4 is available for download