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   Message 10,617 of 11,842   
   IB Joe to All   
   Re: Display ANSI File   
   08 Mar 22 08:11:10   
   
   From: nospam.IB.Joe@f200.n342.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   On 07 Mar 2022, g00r00 said the following...   
      
    g0>  IJ> Is there a way to get an ANSI file to pause for 1 or 2 seconds at the   
    g0>  IJ> end, after its been displayed without user input??   
    g0>   
    g0> There are a couple of ways the easiest in most cases is to use the |DE   
    g0> mci code which delays for half a second.  So if you want to pause for 2   
    g0> seconds just put 4 |DE mci codes at the end of the file.   
    g0>   
      
   Okay I have been playing with this and cannot seem to get it to work...  So, at   
   the end of the file I add "4 |DE" to delay for 2 seconds  or "20 |DE" to delay   
   for 10 seconds... all this without the quotes.   
      
   Thanx   
      
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