Repeat task, random message Mirc Scipt - mirc

Question

Currently it reads the text.txt at random and it displays on a channel
on *:TEXT:!command:#channel:{
/msg $chan $read(text.txt)
I don't understand how to make it auto execute at x minute intervals, whitout using the !command
I've beginner at this, I want to make it like a /timer but can add read random lines from the text everytime

Answer 1

It's been a while since I last worked with mIRC, so I had to look up the documentation on /timer, but you should be able to do something like this:
on *:TEXT:!command:#channel:{
/timer 0 60 /msg $chan $!read(<textfile>)
}
This will execute /msg $chan $!read(<textfile>) an infinite number of times at 60 second intervals once !command has been entered into a channel.
If you need to cancel the timer for some reason, you would need to name the timer, which can be done by appending a name to the command, such as /timerMESSAGE or /timer1, and then including a command to turn the timer off, such as:
on *:TEXT:!timeroff:#channel:{
/timer<name> off
}
replacing <name> with the name of your timer.
EDIT: Thanks to Patrickdev for pointing out the difference of $!read() versus $read() for timer commands.

Answer 2

i suggest you to use this
if you disconnect from a network for whatever reason
ping timeout,broken pipe,connection reseted by peer,netsplit
it wont stop
the most efficient way is
using an on join event
on me:*:join:#channel:{
.timerrepeat 0 60 msg $chan $read(text.txt)
}
on me:*:part:#channel:{
.timerrepeat off
}
on *:disconnect:{
.timerrepeat off
}
this script will only triggers when you join on #channel
replace #channel with channel you want