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setEventTimeOut
| Syntax |
setEventTimeOut (number)
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| Params |
number is the number of sixtieths of a second (ticks) after which outgoing appleEvent messages should time out.
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| Action |
Sets the timeout value for all outgoing messages sent by the current script to number.
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| Returns |
True.
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| Examples |
setEventTimeOut (600) «time out after 10 seconds » true
setEventTimeOut (-1) «see Notes
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| Platform Notes |
This verb is only implemented in the Mac OS version of Frontier.
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| Notes |
This verb affects all subsequent appleEvent, complexEvent, tableEvent and transactionEvent calls. Each running script has its own timeout setting, which initially is infinite (no time out). To re-establish Frontier's default (infinite) timeout, pass -1 as the timeout value.
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| See Also |
setEventInteraction
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