clock.waitSeconds

Syntax clock.waitSeconds (number)
Params number is the number of seconds for which you wish processing to be suspended.
Action Stops script processing for number seconds, then returns true.
Returns True
Examples clock.waitSeconds (3)

   » true

The example above pauses the script for three seconds before returning true.

window.open (@examples.lunchReminder);
clock.waitseconds (5);
window.close (@examples.lunchReminder)

   » true

Displays the object stored at the indicated Object Database address for five seconds, then closes it before returning true.

Notes Background processes (agents) run when you're waiting, as do other scripts and applications.

Background processes should not call clock.waitSeconds; they should call clock.sleepFor.
See Also clock.waitSixtieths

clock.sleepFor

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