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How can I make MicroStation wait for predetermined amount of time thenresume normal operation?Product: MicroStation V8iVersion: 08.11.09.292Area: General
MicroStation does not currently provide keyins to cause a predetermineddelay. MicroStation does provide you the "expand keyin" keyins thatcould start external programs and remain frozen/hung until that processcompletes. You could create your own DOS batch file or Windows scriptto sit and wait for a period of time then when complete MicroStationwill resume normal operation. here is one way to force MicroStationwait 5 seconds:1. Create file c:\wait.bat consisting of these lines:@echo offset /a WAIT=%1*1000echo Waiting for %WAIT% seconds..ping -w %WAIT% localhost > nulexit2. Start MicroStation and execute the keyin: !c:\wait.bat 5Where "5" is the number of seconds to wait.3. The keyin can not be inserted into a batch file at a designated pointto pause the batch process.