Allows the programs currently run to process the Windows messages or runs a temporization.
// In C
// Wait during 10 seconds
CALLWD("Multitask,1000");
// In Pascal
(* Wait during 10 seconds *)
CALLWD('Multitask,1000');
// In VB
' Wait during 10 seconds
call CALLWD("Multitask,1000")
Syntax
<Duration>: Optional character string
Duration of the timeout expressed in hundredths of a second.
Remarks
Multitask can be used in 3 contexts:
- in a loop, to give 'control' back to the other programs,
- in a loop, to display information,
- in a loop, when using a timer.
Caution: Multitask deletes the mouse and keyboard events from the program window, without processing them..