Getting WinBatch to Wait/Pause

Keywords:        delay wait pause run runwait loop check

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The options for pausing a script while the application continues processing are:

1. Use the TimeDelay command. Note that the time interval must be specified.
2. Use the RunWait command. Not always applicable.
3. IntControl(36, p1, p2, 0, 0) (32-bit version only). Waits until an application is waiting for user input.
4. Learn something about the application which is trackable, i.e., a dialog box is displayed when printing. Write a Loop in the script which checks for the existence of the dialog box. When the dialog box is no longer there the script will continue.

Things you can check for: files that exist, windows, dialog boxes, system resource percents etc.

Example of a while loop checking for a window title:

      while WinExist("Notepad")  
            delay(2)

      endwhile

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Article ID:   W13164

Filename:   Getting WinBatch to Wait - Pause.txt