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Pause Code Execution

In Excel there's a function to stop the code execution for a determined time, which is missing in Outlook. See how to use the Sleep function of the Win32 API.

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In Excel there's a function to stop the code execution for a determined time, in Outlook there isn't such a function. But you can use the Sleep function of the Win32 API, of course.


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Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliSeconds As Long)

Public Sub Test()
  Sleep 3000
  MsgBox "Hello"
End Sub
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