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Function::Internal

Wait

wait(seconds) wait(1) wiat(DelayField) retval:=wait(1) RecordSave()+wait(0.1)+DocumentOpen("MyForm")

To delay before executing the next function/command/action. It is a problem in DFW that functions get posted to the command bus and then executed in "random" order. wait will force them to be executed in the correct order.

Parameters

Seconds:
Number of seconds delay. Value less than 1 i.e. 0.1 will be immediately after, but functions will be "stacked" so this is maybe the most useful mode of them all.

Returns/Result

Nothing

Examples

Reference

See Also

On the forum about Wait

SetColor - how to make it fire NOW not wait until you hit save.

I have a control field with ghe following derivation:concat(SetColor("hist_d1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_s1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_t1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_idn1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetState("histc01",0)<...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by Simon B 15/06/15 at 14:02:05

Re:SetColor - how to make it fire NOW not wait until you hit save.

1. Is the field with the derivation concat(SetColor("hist_d1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_s1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_t1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetColor("hist_idn1","-1",rgb1,"-1"),SetState("histc...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by DataEase 16/06/15 at 09:16:56

Re:Re:SetColor - how to make it fire NOW not wait until you hit save.

1. Yes, the field with the derivation mentioned is a virtual field.2. The field is higher up than field rgb1 (also a virtual derived field)  It is the 1st field top left corner to ensure it is the first field to fire.I've followed a...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by Simon B 16/06/15 at 09:32:44

Re:Re:Re:SetColor - how to make it fire NOW not wait until you hit save.

control field lower than rgb tried, no difference.  Lookup entry data from an order screen, I have everything, supplier name, desciptions, prices, history, everythnig is on my screen, nothing is going to change, it just needs to look at whats bee...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by Simon B 16/06/15 at 10:15:39

Re:Re:Re:SetColor - how to make it fire NOW not wait until you hit save.

Tried adding if (rgb1 not=blankto the start(with ,"" at the end not ,0 as it's a text field and wouldn't accept it)colour changing of fields does not work until you save them. Once saved they show correct all the time,...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by Simon B 16/06/15 at 10:24:04

for those who tired waiting DE9

Pocket 386 windows3.11/95 system retro notebook computer OPL3 sound card VGA IPS Screen Integrated Mouse ...

Product: Services. Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 30/06/24 at 21:50:49

Re:for those who tired waiting DE9

DE9 is out, it is called LE9 as it is the DE9 version for Legacy Application Users.And Advertising for products that is not DataEase related is not allowed!...

Product: Services. Written by DataEase 01/07/24 at 12:29:36

Re:Re:for those who tired waiting DE9

sorry, if that was looking like ads. simply windows 3.11 on that laptop may help to manage with an old DFD application to use it in LE9 ... excuse me< but we need that hardware for our military purposes. is it a way to get those win3.11 notebo...

Product: Services. Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 02/07/24 at 01:24:14

Re:Re:Re:for those who tired waiting DE9

that means we have to know whether is it possible to install original DFD 4.53 EN on that laptop with Windows 3.11 onboard or not. We have no possibility to buy both the software & hardware mentioned here in Ukraine due to the war now. Please help...

Product: Services. Written by Ihor Zakharchenko 02/07/24 at 07:35:44

Re:Re:Re:Re:for those who tired waiting DE9

I'm sorry but we have no knowledge of these laptops and to be honest running software from the last century is not our main priority. If you can get it to work with Windows 3.11 and DFD 4.x feel free and you don't have to worry about licenses etc, but...

Product: Services. Written by DataEase 02/07/24 at 09:30:18

On the blog about Wait

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DataEae has been a little "wobbly" on referencing external stuff like Images etc.There is an Imagepath in Application Preferences, but it has been rendered "defunct" so many times over the years, and nobody is really sure how it works anyway, s...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by DataEase 26/09/12 at 07:53:14

+Wait(0.1)+ What is this and why is it so important in DataEase 8?

DataEase for Windows use POST to launch functions. For those of you that doesn't know the difference between POST and SEND in Windows I will offer a simple explanation.POST means fire and forget and leave it all to windows.SEND means - "He...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by DataEase 13/07/15 at 15:58:24

Sorry.... We are aware there is a lot of exiting stuff added here but you have to wait a little longer.

We are sorry but there is so much new and exciting features in the upcoming release of 8.5 and the upcoming slipstream doesn't even reveal half of the development work that has been done on 8.5 since last release.DFW is soon to undergo a big c...

Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by DataEase 16/07/16 at 06:59:53

DataEase 8.5 - Wait():Function and Timer():Event Where and When?

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Product: Dataease [{8}]FIVE. Written by DataEase 10/08/16 at 09:44:20