(This item applies to the Comment dialog box, accessible through Insert | Report Command | Comment.)
Auto-continue execution: This check box determines whether a comment that PC-DMIS displays during execution closes itself after a specified number of seconds. By default, this check box is not selected.
Operators may find this useful when they use a measuring device that is not near the computer, and they want the execution to continue after a certain amount of time. If you select this check box, the Execution delay (in seconds) box becomes available.
Execution delay (in seconds): This box defines the number of seconds to delay execution while PC-DMIS displays the comment. You can specify any number of seconds from 1 to 600, inclusive.
If you use an execution delay with a movie file and the movie's play time exceeds the delay value, PC-DMIS waits until the movie finishes playing before continuing.
If your movie value is shorter than the specified execution delay, the comment displays until the execution delay counts down to zero.
During execution, the software displays a count-down timer on the Operator comment type's OK button inside parentheses:
For the Yes / No comment type, it appears on the Yes button.
Once the timer reaches zero: