Sleep

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Sleep

 

Description

 

Stops program execution for the passed Milliseconds time.

 

Syntax

 

n = Sleep(Milliseconds)

n = Sleep Milliseconds

 

Returns

 

Number of milliseconds passed to the function.

 

Parameters

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

Milliseconds

Number

No

Number of milliseconds to wait.

 

Remarks

 

Sleep will stop script execution for the indicate milliseconds.

 

Restrictions

 

Sleep will also block UI message pump.

Consider also Wait function that will not block UI message pump

 

See also

 

Wait

 

Examples