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SecondsSleep()

Suspends thread execution for a number of seconds.

Syntax

SecondsSleep( <nSeconds> ) --> NIL

Arguments

<nSeconds>

This is a numeric value indicating the number of seconds to pause thread execution. The granularity is three places after the decimal point (1/1000th of a second).

Return

The function returns always NIL.

Description

Function SecondsSleep() suspends program execution in the current thread for the period of <nSeconds> seconds. During this period of time, no CPU resources are consumed by the current thread. The function accepts a numeric value with up to 3 decimal places (1/1000th of a second).

Note:  this function is also available in single threaded applications.

Info

See also:	Inkey(), StartThread(), ThreadSleep(), WAIT
Category:	Multi-threading functions , xHarbour extensions
Source:	vm\thread.c
LIB:	xhbmt.lib
DLL:	xhbmtdll.dll