Sleep

concerns

The Sleep function pauses the execution of the server for a specified time.

 

Syntax

Sleep(MilliSeconds, Alertable)

Return value

Type

Description

Long

0 if successful

Parameter

Use

Name

Type

Passing

Description

Required

MilliSeconds

Long

ByVal

Time, in milliseconds, paused by the server

Optional

Alertable

Long

ByVal

Indicates whether the wait time can be canceled by interrupts

 

The optional Wait parameter specifies if TCE should wait for additional codes to run until the started process is finished. This feature should be handled carefully because a user intervention may be required that is not always possible on the server.