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- From: cklarson@tomatillo.engr.ucdavis.edu (Christopher Klaus Larson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: best way to pause in app ?
- Message-ID: <19522@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:05:59 GMT
- References: <brownlow.722219238@stmartin>
- Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu
- Organization: College of Engineering - University of California - Davis
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- In article <brownlow.722219238@stmartin> brownlow@informix.com (Keith Brownlow) writes:
- >Is there a toolbox command to make the application wait x number of seconds
- >before continuing processing ? I've tried looping for 1000's of seconds but
- >without doing anything in the loop, it's more or less instantly coming back.
- >
- >Anyone got a simple solution that I've missed in my manuals ?
- >--
-
- Look into using the Delay() function. You need to specify the time to
- delay in Ticks (approx. 1/60 sec) but this should be just what the
- doctor ordered.
-
- --Chris
- cklarson@taco.engr.ucdavis.edu
-