Console.Wait Method

Waits for a key press or mouse click on the console window.

Namespace: VO
Assembly: VOConsoleClasses (in VOConsoleClasses.dll) Version: 2.21

Syntax

 VIRTUAL METHOD Wait() AS STRING

public virtual string Wait()

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Return Value

Type: String
A character representation of the key pressed or mouse button clicked. In general this return value should not be used.

Remarks

This method waits for a key press or mouse click on the console.

Examples

The following lines display the current date and then wait for a keypress

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1FUNCTION Start(p)
2LOCAL oCon AS Console
3LOCAL sInput AS STRING
4oCon := Console{}
5oCon:Clear()
6oCon:Write("The date: " + DTOC(TODAY())
7oCon:WriteLine("Press any key to continue")
8sInput := oCon:Wait()

Reference

Console Class

VO Namespace