WW_downTime

Hardware_Tester · Post by **Hardware_Tester** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:29 pm

I found this variable in a old script and i did not found anything about its function. It is not contained in the code and it could have something to do with the waitwindow-command.

//downTime for WaitWindowOpen> function
Let>WW_downTime=10

support · Post by **support** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:02 am

Hi,

That is not a system variable. Maybe the coder meant WW_TIMEOUT which is used to set the timeout time for WaitWindowOpen.

Hardware_Tester · Post by **Hardware_Tester** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:22 pm

Hmm, that's what I thought first. But when replacing it, it doesn't change anything. Well, I can erase it.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:44 pm

Well it won't do anything if set *after* WaitWindowOpen. If your window is always appearing then you won't see any different behaviour. If the window does not appear within the timeout then the script will move to the next line. But it's pretty pointless unless you then check the result of the operation to determine whether or not the window timed out and do something different if it did. Just whacking Let>WW_TIMEOUT=10 in front of a WaitWindowOpen which always works will make no noticeable difference. It is there to allow you to cope with situations where the window does not appear and is only useful in conjunction with WW_RESULT:

Let>WW_TIMEOUT=30
WaitWindowOpen>microsoft word*
If>WW_RESULT=TRUE
MessageModal>Word appeared
Else
MessageModal>Word has not opened within 30 seconds timeout
Endif

Hardware_Tester · Post by **Hardware_Tester** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:55 pm

This function is used by me to not letting the script waiting infinitely for a window, when it did not apeared.