Pause Action

Description

Causes AutoMateā„¢ wait for a certain number of seconds or minutes during/or in the middle of a task. This function is useful when performing extensive operations that require a delay between action steps.

Pause Action Properties Dialog

Pause dialog

Parameters

Wait For
Specifies how long (in milliseconds, seconds, or minutes) AutoMate should pause on this step before moving on to the next one.

Notes

Rather than pausing you may want to try to use Wait for a Window (if one appears when the task is ready to proceed).

Related Topics:

Loop Action

Prompt User Action

Wait for Window Action

Wait for Window to Disappear Action

Start Another Task Action

Disable This Task Action

IF Conditional Action

Other AutoMate Actions