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randomPause

void sutil.randomPause ( long min, long max ) (professional and enterprise editions only)

Description

Pauses for a random amount of time. This is also setup to stop immediately if the stop scrape button is clicked, and to allow breakpoints to be triggered while it is pausing.

Parameters

  • min The minimum duration of the pause, in milliseconds
  • max The maximum duration of the pause, in milliseconds

Return Value

Returns void.

Change Log

Version Description
5.5.29a Available in professional and enterprise editions.

Examples

Wait for between 2 and 4 seconds

 sutil.randomPause(2000, 4000);

mikes on 11/16/2011 at 1:56 pm