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29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03130600xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Wait Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:54:49">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="wait">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154136"><bookmark_value>Wait statement</bookmark_value>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130600.xhp" name="Wait Statement [Runtime]">Wait Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149236" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Interrupts the program execution for the amount of time that you specify in milliseconds.</paragraph>
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45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143229" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Wait millisec</paragraph>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148943" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
49cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>millisec:</emph> Numeric expression that contains the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait before the program is executed.</paragraph>
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52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150541" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example:</paragraph>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Sub ExampleWait</paragraph>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Dim lTick As Long</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">lTick = GetSystemTicks()</paragraph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">wait 2000</paragraph>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">lTick = (GetSystemTicks() - lTick)</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox "" &amp; lTick &amp; " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"</paragraph>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148922" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">End Sub</paragraph>
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