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KBDCHKOFF
Function
Turn off keyboard timeout checking.
Syntax
KBDCHKOFF No arguments are required
Remarks
PCBoard has built in automatic keyboard timeout detecting. What this
means is that if someone should remain online for a SysOp defined
period of time without typing anything for PCBoard to process, PCBoard
will detect it, log it to the callers log, and recycle back to the call
waiting screen. Some applications require the ability to turn this off;
for example, a process that will take a while without interacting with
the caller should turn off keyboard timeout testing to keep PCBoard
from thinking that the user has stopped entering information. Normally,
PCBoard would just recycle at that point. So, just before you start a
section of code that should continue for a while without user input, you
should issue a KBDCHKOFF. It will turn off the automatic keyboard
timeout checking. When you've finished the block where keyboard timeout
checking has been disabled, issue the KBDCHKON to turn it back on.
Examples
KBDCHKOFF
WHILE (RANDOM(10000) <> 0) PRINT "." ' Something to take a long time!
KBDCHKON
See Also:
KBDCHKON
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