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Finally, Step 4 — Cleanup occurs on line 44, where we prompt the user with a Msgbox to indicate that the job is done. Quit digging through old projects and forums like a chump!

Get the VBA Toolbelt! Now check your email. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. First Name. Email Address. We use this field to detect spam bots. If you fill this in, you will be marked as a spammer. The following batch code uses PowerShell to generate a delay:. Or if you want to allow fractions of seconds:. Note that starting PowerShell. Use the SysSleep function whenever you need a time delay in Rexx scripts. Use the Sleep command for time delays in KiXtart scripts.

Use WScript. The following batch code uses a temporary VBScript file to generate an accurate delay:. Or if you want to allow the user to skip the delay:. ECHO Wait for a specified number of seconds. ECHO Where: seconds is the number of seconds to wait I created a script to change IPs in the stack to commonly used for a project and needed a vanilla set of commands used in CMD to make the change then pause and display that the IPs had changed to the 5 needed for the project. So using commands that wont work in every version of windows would not be advisable.

I also created a program that pings devices for up and down and a common device that might be on a network and since some of the replacement gear was misconfigured I also scan and alert on that issue too.

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