Advanced Commands

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Forms Processor Advanced Commands

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sleep Suspends execution of a Form Processor script for n seconds. Used primarily for server push animations.

$dummy = sleep(n);

$dummy - A dummy value; sleep does not return a value, but a dummy variable is required for sleep to work.
n - The number of seconds to suspend execution of a Form Processor configuration file.
NOTE:
You must use a dummy value with sleep.

Example:

# do a 2 icon server push

format screen nh
Content-type: multipart/x-mixed-replace;boundary=ThisRandomString


--ThisRandomString
.

# pause for a moment

$pause=sleep(1);

format screen nh
Content-type: image/gif

.

format screen nh source www/graphics/wink1.gif literal

# yawn

$pause=sleep(1);

format screen nh

--ThisRandomString
Content-type: image/gif

.

format screen nh source www/graphics/wink2.gif literal

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