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Delay or Sleep - Wait Before Script Execution

Valid on NetWare, Symbian OS, UNIX, Windows and Windows CE

The Delay or Sleep function waits for n milliseconds before continuing with the script execution.

Function format:

Delay(n as Integer) as Boolean

Sleep(n as Integer) as Boolean

n

Specifies the delay time in milliseconds. One second = delay(1000).

The function always returns TRUE.

Examples:

delay(50)

Wait for 50 milliseconds for script execution.

delay(1000)

Wait for 1 second for script execution.