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timeoutScript

Syntax

the timeoutScript

Description

System property; determines the Lingo that Director executes as a primary event handler when a timeout occurs. The Lingo is written as a string, surrounded by quotation marks. The default value is EMPTY.

To define a primary event handler for timeouts, set timeoutScript to a string of the appropriate Lingo: either a simple statement or a calling statement for a handler. When the assigned event script is no longer appropriate, turn it off with the statement set the timeoutScript to EMPTY.

This property can be tested and set.

Example

This statement sets timeoutScript to a calling script for the handler timeoutProcedure:

the timeoutScript = "timeoutProcedure"

See also

on timeOut