How to Stop Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater in prototype.js

[cluettr]

Does anyone know how to stop the exection of PeriodicalUpdater in the prototype.js library? Did they even include the ability to do so? I'm debating wether I have to go to another framework...

[A1ien51]

http://www.sergiopereira.com/article...iodicalUpdater

Eric

[cluettr]

Eric, thanks for the link. My issue is that I am new to Javascript. Yeah, I know, taking on prototype.js when I know nothing of Javascript is quite an undertaking. Could you maybe lead me in the right direction. Here is my existing code which calls the Update and PeriodicalUpdater functions.

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

function fetch(url,pars,tag,methtype)
{ var myAjax = new Ajax.Updater(tag,url,{method: methtype,parameters: pars,asynchronous: true,evalScripts: true}); }

function fetchupdate(url,pars,tag,methtype,interval)
{ var myAjax = new Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater(tag,url,{method: methtype,parameters: pars,asynchronous: true,frequency: interval}); }
</script>

and I load these with (as an example):

fetchupdate('/includes/header_embed.php','','header_embed','post',2.0);

How would i create the equivalent of the above but have the function stop the current dive from updating? You help is immensely apprecaited.