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Function name : Sleep

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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The Sleep function suspends the execution of the current thread for the specified interval

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Declaration:

VOID Sleep(
	DWORD dwMilliseconds   // sleep time
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE Sleep IN kernel32 INTEGER dwMilliseconds  

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Parameters:

dwMilliseconds [in] Specifies the time, in milliseconds, for which to suspend execution

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Return value:

This function does not return a value

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Comments:

A value INFINITE = DWORD(0xffffffff) causes the infinite delay for the thread (the process for the VFP).

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