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Pause Task Action

Declaration

<AMPAUSE SCALAR="number" MEASURE="text [options]">

See Also

Wait for Window, Wait for Pointer, Wait for File, Wait for Process, Close Window

Description

Pauses the task at the current line until the timeframe specified has elapsed.

Practical Usage

Usually used to pause execution of a task until a process has completed. If the process completion time is variable other wait action such as Wait for Window, Wait for Pointer, Wait for File and Wait for Pixel should be considered as they would be more precise.

Parameters

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Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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