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Wait Statement

Interrupts the program execution for the amount of time that you specify in milliseconds.

Syntax:

Wait millisec

Parameters:

millisec: Numeric expression that contains the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait before the program is executed.

Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

Example:


Sub ExampleWait
Dim lTick As Long
    lTick = GetSystemTicks()
    Wait 2000
    lTick = (GetSystemTicks() - lTick)
    MsgBox "" & lTick & " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"
End Sub