If the time the script should wait are predefined you can use
setTimeout('yourFuntion()',timeinmilliseconds)
/Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aglaea webmaster" <webmaster@a...>
To: "JavaScript HowTo" <javascript_howto@p...>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: [javascript_howto] Pause or wait


> Hi there,
>
> A collegue of mine is looking for a command to have a pause in a
> client site JavaScript, like wait under UNIX. Does anybody know how
> to do this? He doesn't want to use a loop (not only because it is too
> inaccurate in the time of the wait).
>
> Greetz,
> Marc
>
>
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