Can a timeout be detected?

chihuahualand · Post by **chihuahualand** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:45 pm

Is there a way to tell that the ASK_TIMEOUT has expired?

version 7.4.009

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:22 pm

If Ask times out the result is YES. It is designed this way to allow the script to assume an affirmative response should no user be present and allow the script to continue.

If you want to you could measure the elapsed time as well and make further decision based on that:

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VBSTART
VBEND

Let>TOSECS=5

Let>ASK_TIMEOUT=TOSECS*1000
VBEval>Timer,starttime
Ask>Yes or No,result
If>result=YES
  VBEval>Timer-%starttime%,endtime
  If>endtime>TOSECS
    MessageModal>Must have timed out
  Endif
Endif