DELAY action


Function
Delaying the script execution for a time.
Declaration
 DELAY expression [s]

 
or
 
DELAY expression [ms]

Parameters
expression in Expressions of REAL type.

Description
Execution of action is delayed for a time given by the parameter expression. In the first case, the value of the expression is given in seconds, in the second one, it is given in milliseconds.
Example
 BEGIN
  INT _a, _i
  _a := 2
  FOR _i=1 TO 5 DO_LOOP
   _a := _a + 3
   MESSAGE "_a = " + %IToStr(_a) ON srvskol1v.HIP
   DELAY 3[s]
  END_LOOP
 END 

Note
Although the declaration rules of actions imply that square brackets [ ] show the optional part of declaration, in this case the brackets defines respective time units, i.e. [s] or [ms].

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