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Pause in VB for random duration

Hello again,

help - pleeeaaasssse!
How do I pause an application in VB for a random number of seconds - is there a sleep function or something available?

What I want to do is display a picture - then pause a random time between 2-5 seconds - then display another picture.

If you can answer this I would be most greatful.
Thanks,
Dave from Scotland

hes

Use the sleep api

Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
Public Const ConvToMilli = 60000 ' convert to milliseconds

to use for 2 seconds

Sleep(ConvToMilli * 2)

hes

For your random part

Dim MyPause
Randomize ' Initialize random-number generator.

MyPause = Int((5 * Rnd) + 2) ' Generate random value between 2 and 5.

Sleep(ConvToMilli * MyPause)

Hi, DaveNoviceVB !

Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Call Sleep(CLng(Int(3001 * Rnd) + 2000))

gkollar

Hello
I don't no if the Sleep win32 function freez the process. If no then the uper solution are good
if yes you must use a loop with a doevent instruction who re-give the hand to the system for other processus.

by example:
function sleep( iValue as integer)
dim first as variant
first = now()
do
if (now()-first) > iValue then exit do
doevent
while(true)

end function

best regard from france

Ryan Chong

Hi DaveNoviceVB,

You can try to use Timer Control also..

regards.

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