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BASIC Source File  |  1989-02-15  |  556 b   |  18 lines
  1.  
  2.  Delay.start! = TIMER           'the start of the delay
  3.  Duration! = 1.5                'we want to wait 1.5 seconds
  4.  CLS
  5.  DO
  6.     'do any desired tasks
  7.     CALL Delay(Delay.start!, Duration!, Time.left!)
  8.  LOOP WHILE Time.left! > 0
  9.  
  10.  
  11.  SUB Delay (Start.time!, Dur!, Secs.left!) STATIC
  12.      IF TIMER >= Start.time! THEN       'same day as we started
  13.         Secs.left! = Start.time! + Dur! - TIMER
  14.      ELSE                               'we have passed midnight
  15.         Secs.left! = Start.time! + Dur! - TIMER - 86400
  16.      END IF
  17.  END SUB
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