DELAY statement
Purpose: DELAY creates a timed delay, pause or wait. DELAY will provide a time resolution of 1 second.
Syntax: DELAY NumSeconds AS INTEGER Parameters:
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Example:
DELAY 3 ' delay 3 seconds
SLEEP statement
Purpose: SLEEP creates a timed pause with a time resolution of 1 millisecond, which is significantly finer than the 1 second resolution of the DELAY statement. The SLEEP procedure is a simple wrapper for the Win32 API Sleep statement.
Syntax: SLEEP(Milliseconds AS INTEGER) Parameters:
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Example:
SLEEP(1234) ' delay 1,234 milliseconds
PAUSE statement
Purpose: PAUSE stops the running program and waits for a key to be pressed before allowing the program to continue. PAUSE is intended for use in CONSOLE mode programming.
Syntax: PAUSE Parameters:
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