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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>Wait Statement [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03130600"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
  3.  
  4.         p.P1{
  5.                 }
  6.         p.P2{
  7.                 }
  8.         span.T1{
  9.                 font-weight:bold;}
  10.         </style></head><body>
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  12.   
  13.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="wait" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  14.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66543">Wait Statement [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">Interrupts the program execution for the given amount of time in milliseconds.</p>
  16.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  17.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph">Wait millisec <help:key-word value="Wait" tag="kw66543_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph">millisec: Numeric expression that contains the amount of time (in milliseconds) the program execution should wait.</p>
  21.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  22.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleWait</p>
  23.   <p class="PropText">Dim lTick As Long</p>
  24.   <p class="PropText">lTick = GetSystemTicks()</p>
  25.   <p class="PropText">wait 2000</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">lTick = <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>(GetSystemTicks() - lTick)</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">MsgBox "" & <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>lTick & " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText">End Sub</p>
  29.   <p class="PropText"/>
  30.  </body></html>