ThinBASIC Core Language > Program Flow

Description

Yields execution so that the operating system can process other events.

Syntax

DoEvents [( ON | OFF )]

Returns

None

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Meaning
ON	Number	Yes	Switch ON internal automatic DoEvents performed by thinBasic engine
OFF	Number	Yes	Switch OFF internal automatic DoEvents performed by thinBasic engine

Remarks

thinBasic automatically perform an internal DoEvents every time this keyword is encountered. This gives enough slice time to all other process running.

This behave can be changes switching it ON or OFF.

By default internal DoEvents are ON. Switching it OFF will increase script execution speed.

Restrictions