Think of WAIT as absolute time, and STABLE as variable time.

WAIT .5 will wait for half a second, then proceed to run the script.

STABLE .5 will wait for the screen to stabilize for half a second, then proceed to run the script.

 

The difference is STABLE may take several seconds until it has a full half second of stability (things are still loading to the screen, etc). If a WAIT .5 were used, then the script will after half a second and everything may not be loaded on the screen.

 

As far as removal of all WAITs, STABLE is used for screen stabilization, where WAIT can be used for any reason you want to wait in your script.

 

Hope this helps,


Lew Hundley
Information Specialist - Programmer
Silverton Hospital
Silverton
Oregon
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Good Morning...

 

I recently removed all references of WAIT and changed them to STABLE. I created a variable for STABLE and placed a slider control on my form to control the speed of the script at run time.  This seem to work well, especially when the network is slow and I need to slow the keying down.

 

The question I have is... What is the difference between STABLE and WAIT... And... Should I have removed all instances of WAIT from my script... ?

 

Thanks,

Vince Swisher

Information Technology

Lahey Clinic

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