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period

Syntax

    timeoutObject.period

Description

Object property; the number of milliseconds between timeout events sent by the `timeOutObject` to the timeout handler.

This property can be tested and set.

Example

This timeout handler decreases the timeout's `period` by one second each time it's invoked, until a minimum period of 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds) is reached:

    on handleTimeout timeoutObject
      	if timeoutObject.period > 2000 then
        		timeoutObject.period = timeoutObject.period - 1000
      	end if
    end handleTimeout

See also

`name (timeout property)`, `persistent`, `target`, `time (timeout object property)`, `timeout()`, `timeoutHandler`, `timeoutList`