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====== DELAY=====

^Published By^Date^Version^Knowledge Level^Keywords^
|Revelation Technologies|14 NOV 1989|2.X|EXPERT|DELAY|

==== DELAY ====

DELAY is a subroutine that provides a way to pause execution 
of a routine for a specified number of seconds.

<code>
DELAY(seconds)
</code>

==== Using DELAY ====

DELAY is an empty loop which executes for the number of 
seconds specified.

=== seconds ===

Place a value in seconds to indicate the number of seconds to 
delay.

==== Values returned ====

None.

==== Correct Use of DELAY ====

<code>
* The following code displays a message for the number of 
seconds specified.

DECLARE SUBROUTINE DELAY, MSG

* Display a message for the specified delay time

seconds = 10

MSG("This message will be up for 10 seconds.", "UB", response, "")

DELAY(seconds)

MSG("", "DB", response, "")
</code>