pause

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 12-12-92 (06:58)             Number: 239
From: RON PIERCE                   Refer#: NONE
  To: MIKE JASKO                    Recvd: NO  
Subj: pause                          Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

MJ>  I would like to know how to put a simple pause in a QuickBasic
MJ>program.  For example, I want it to display a message when the program
MJ>is ending and I want it to stay on the screen for a certin amount of
MJ>time.  Thanx in advance!!!

   Try the below routine.  It is midnight proof.  Granted it uses
"TIMER" and thus some floating point, but most programs already have
the float code in there.  If need be, you can take "time$" and create
your "own" TIMER-like function (MyTimer) to avoid using timer. What the
hell, I'll include the Mytimer& I use in a few programs.  Just CALL the
PAUSE routine like so:

Pause 3     ' (Pauses 3 seconds).


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DECLARE SUB Pause (NumSecs%)
DECLARE FUNCTION MyTimer&()


FUNCTION MyTimer& STATIC
  TempTime$ = Time$
  Tempa$ = MID$(TempTime$,4,2)
  Tempb$ = MID$(TempTime$,7,2)
    ' MyTimer& = (QPValL&(TempTime$) * 3600)  + QPVali%(Tempa$) * 60 + _
    '             QPVali%(Tempb$)
  MyTimer& = (VAL(TempTime$) * 3600)  + VAL(Tempa$) * 60 + VAL(Tempb$)
END FUNCTION
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SUB Pause (HowLong%) STATIC

  Work& = MyTimer               ' TIMER

 DO
   Work2& = MyTimer             ' TIMER

   IF Work2& <> Work& THEN
      Work& = Work2&
      HowLong% = HowLong% - 1
   END IF

 LOOP UNTIL HowLong% = 0

END SUB
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                Ron

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