Command Reference 5-35
DELAY Purpose Delays the current script for a specified time.
Syntax DELAY #
interval
Process The DELAY command suspends the printer's current script for the number of tenths
of seconds specified by
interval
. The
interval
range is 1 - 255.
Interval
can be one of the following:
Interval
Description
INPUT Input Buffer
Logical Field Name
(TEMP1)
Temporary Buffer
Field
Logical Field Name (LU1) Lookup Buffer Field
Logical Field Name (PR1) Printer Buffer Field
Logical Field Name
(Field1) [Index]
Array Buffer Field
Number Number prefixed by a
number sign (#)
Rule: The
interval
must be numeric.
Example 1
This example suspends the current script for two seconds.
DELAY #20
Example 2
This example suspends the current script for the number of tenths of seconds in
TIMEOUT.
DELAY TIMEOUT