timeout

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Specifies the amount of time in milliseconds that dBASE waits on a transaction before returning an error.

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Use timeout to set a limit on the length of time dBASE waits for a DDE transaction to complete successfully.

Errors sometimes occur when dBASE tries to exchange data with a server application or send instructions to it. Each time an attempt is made, dBASE waits for the amount of time you specify (in milliseconds) with timeout. When the transaction fails to complete in the allotted time, dBASE generates an error.

When using DDE over a network, you may need to set timeout to a larger value.