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Wait

Purpose

Wait a specified amount of seconds or (optionally) until certain keys are pressed.


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Command line application Wait


Installation

None. Download the ZIP file, extract the included executable and run it.

Please note: this is a console application. You should run it from a command prompt.


Use case(s)


Syntax

Wait /time=<number of seconds> [/key=<key to skip>] [/minimum=<minimum wait time although key was pressed>]

Parameters:

Examples

Wait /t=10 /k=x

Waits for 10 seconds or until 'x' is pressed. Upper/lower case doesn't matter. In addition to 'x', <SPACE> and <ESC> are also recognized as valid keys.


Source code

The PowerBASIC source code is available at Github


Known issues / limitations


Version

15.10.2024

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