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Limits the display duration of a window or dialog box.
If no user action is performed, when the specified amount of time is reached:
  • for a window, the code of a window button will be run.
  • in the case of an "Information" or "Error" dialog box, the dialog box is automatically closed (Info, Error and Warning functions).
  • in the case of a "Question" or "Confirmation" dialog box, the expected response corresponds to the default button (YesNo, Dialog, Confirm and OKCancel functions).
The amount of time specified for the automatic closing is ignored in the following cases:
  • when the user clicks a button.
  • if the user modifies a control.
  • if the user presses any keyboard key.
By default, dialog boxes are blocking: as long as these windows are open, the application is blocked..
Example
// Fermeture de la boîte de dialogue dans 2 secondes
DelayBeforeClosing(200)
Error("L'application va se terminer")
EndProgram()
// Exécution du code de BTN_Ferme dans 5 secondes
DelayBeforeClosing(MyWindow, BTN_Ferme, 500)
// Le code du bouton BTN_Ferme appelle la fonction Ferme
Syntax

Timeout before closing the dialog boxes Hide the details

<Result> = DelayBeforeClosing([<Timeout>])
<Result>: Integer
Timeout that was previously defined (before the modification performed by DelayBeforeClosing).
<Timeout>: Optional integer or optional Duration
New timeout before closing the dialog boxes of application (expressed in hundredths of a second). This parameter can correspond to:
  • an integer corresponding to the number of hundredths of a second,
  • a Duration variable,
  • the duration in a readable format (e.g., 1 s or 10 ms).
If this parameter is set to 0 or omitted, the delay is infinite (default): dialog boxes are not closed automatically..

Timeout before closing the windows Hide the details

<Result> = DelayBeforeClosing(<Window name> , <Button name> [, <Timeout>])
<Result>: Integer
Timeout that was previously defined (before the modification performed by DelayBeforeClosing).
<Window name>: Character string
Name of window for which an automatic process will be managed.
<Button name>: Character string
Name of button whose code will be run after the specified timeout. If the window must be closed, the button code must contain Close.
<Timeout>: Optional integer or optional Duration
Amount of time before running the click code of specified button (expressed in hundredths of a second).
This parameter can correspond to:
  • an integer corresponding to the number of hundredths of a second,
  • a Duration variable,
  • the duration in a readable format (e.g., 1 s or 10 ms).
If this parameter is set to 0 or omitted, the delay is infinite (default case): the specified window will not be automatically closed and the previously set delay is cancelled..
Remarks

Scope of DelayBeforeClosing

  • Dialog boxes: The DelayBeforeClosing function is taken into account for all dialog boxes opened by the application, regardless of the code where this function is called..
    To restore a standard operating mode, use DelayBeforeClosing and specify no timeout.
  • Window: The DelayBeforeClosing function applies only to the specified window.. When this window is closed, the function is deactivated: if this window is opened again (function Open), the window will not be closed again automatically.. You need to call DelayBeforeClosing again.
Business / UI classification: UI Code
Component: wd300obj.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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