sleep command

[psguy7]

Hi,

I'm looking for help using the Sleep Method. Can anyone show me an example of how to use it. I want to pause a For loop for 12 seconds to make a slideshow.

 

[EBGreen]

WScript.Sleep(12000)

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]

 

[psguy7]

Thanks for the WScript tip. However I'm not familiar with it and have not used WScript. WScript.Sleep(12000) does not work in VBscript, so do I have to download this WScript from Microsoft to the server to get this command to work.

Thanks, and I to enjoy the depths of insanity at times!

 

[mrmovie]

hmm wscript is part of the windows scripting host (object lib?) if your code is in a vbs file or wsf file then this will work. i guess if you are on a server then you are talking about ASP?

 

[EBGreen]

Yes, pausing within a web page is a completely different proposition all together. Is that what you are trying to do?

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]

 

[psguy7]

Yes, I'm trying to build a slideshow on a Webpage, so I need this to pause on the server. So I guess I should go to Microsoft and download the WSH, and it will work. Does that sound correct to you?

 

[EBGreen]

The WSH is not your problem. Your problem stems from the fact that IE security will not let you create a WScript object.

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]

 

[tsuji]

>So I guess I should go to Microsoft and download the WSH, and it will work. Does that sound correct to you?
No, you go for window.setTimeout() method of the dhtml page.

 

[psguy7]

Window.setTimeOut idea... Thanks that was a good idea. It works just fine.