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MichaelP's avatar
MichaelP
Contributor
14 years ago

WaitAliasChild WaitTime versus WaitWindow WaitTime

I'm curious as to why

when WaitWindow Timeout = -1, the wait time is Infinite but

when WaitAliasChild WaitTime = -1, the waiting time is that specified by the Auto-WaitTimeout project setting.



In a specific context in one of my scripts, I have to use WaitAliasChild instead of WaitWindow, but it would be better to wait indefinitely as I can't predict how long to wait. It's not really a problem as I just specify something ridiculous like 1000000, but it would make more sense if -1 = Infinite like it does with the WaitWindow method.



Why does the behaviour of the WaitWindow and WaitAliasChild need to be different?



Thanks



Michael
  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    Staff
    14 years ago

    Hi Michael,





    This is an issue with the WaitAliasChild method, but it cannot be corrected at the moment due to possible compatibility problems with the existing scripts.