pause method

Is there a pause function? I want to run a program and then after it runs, pause for a few minutes and then run it again.

Hi,

You don't need a pause function. What are you going to pause for?

If you are waiting for a user response a MessageBox or a Button will suffice.

If you want to wait for a certain amount of time, then use a loop with a timer check.

If you want to pause while another application is running then there is a Thread.Sleep; Thread.Suspend and Thread.Resume, which you can see in MSDN Help under "Pausing Threads"

how do you loop with a timer?

Hi,

The easiest way is

VB Code:

Dim dTime As Date = Date.Now.AddSeconds(10)
        Do : Loop Until Date.Now > dTime

The above waits 10 seconds but you can work in minutes, hours days etc.