TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: mystic
to: g00r00
from: IB Joe
date: 2022-03-08 08:11:00
subject: Re: Display ANSI File

On 07 Mar 2022, g00r00 said the following...
 
 g0>  IJ> Is there a way to get an ANSI file to pause for 1 or 2 seconds at the
 g0>  IJ> end, after its been displayed without user input??
 g0> 
 g0> There are a couple of ways the easiest in most cases is to use the |DE
 g0> mci code which delays for half a second.  So if you want to pause for 2
 g0> seconds just put 4 |DE mci codes at the end of the file.
 g0> 

Okay I have been playing with this and cannot seem to get it to work...  So, at the end of the file I add "4 |DE" to delay for 2 seconds  or "20 |DE" to delay for 10 seconds... all this without the quotes.

Thanx

IB Joe
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