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Pauses a stopwatch in order to measure the time spent on a process. Timing can be restarted with ChronoResume.
Example
ProcessDuration is Duration
ChronoStart()
MyFunction1()
ProcessDuration = ChronoPause()
Info("The MyFunction1 process lasted " + ProcessDuration)
ChronoResume()
MyFunction2()
ProcessDuration = ChronoEnd()
Info("The MyFunction1 and MyFunction2 processes lasted " + ProcessDuration)
WindowsLinux
ProcessDuration is Duration
MyChrono is Chrono
ChronoStart(MyChrono)
MyFunction1()
ProcessDuration = ChronoPause(MyChrono)
Info("The MyFunction1 process lasted " + ProcessDuration)
ChronoResume(MyChrono)
MyFunction2()
ProcessDuration = ChronoEnd(MyChrono)
Info("The MyFunction1 and MyFunction2 processes lasted " + ProcessDuration)
Syntax

Pausing the timing started with a stopwatch number Hide the details

<Result> = ChronoPause([<Stopwatch number>])
<Result>: Duration
Time elapsed (in milliseconds) since the last call to ChronoStart for the specified stopwatch number.
<Stopwatch number>: Optional integer
Identifier of stopwatch used. If this parameter is not specified, its default value is set to 1.
WindowsLinux

Pausing the timing started with a Chrono variable Hide the details

<Result> = ChronoPause(<Stopwatch>)
<Result>: Duration
Time elapsed (in milliseconds) since the last call to ChronoStart for the specified stopwatch.
<Stopwatch>: Chrono variable
Name of the Chrono variable that corresponds to the stopwatch to use.
Remarks

Miscellaneous

This function has no effect if ChronoPause is used on a stopwatch that is already paused.

Error

A WLanguage error occurs if ChronoStart was not called before ChronoPause.

Threads

The timing functions (Chronoxxx) that affect the same stopwatch must be used in the same thread.
Business / UI classification: Neutral code
Component: wd290vm.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 15
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Last update: 07/13/2022

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