nop
nop

The nop statement does nothing (no operation).

Parameters

No parameters.

Description

The nop statement does nothing (no operation). A procedure can use the nop statement as a placeholder or to delay for a short time.

This procedure will delay exactly 10 seconds.

    local startTime
    startTime=now()
    loop
       nop
    until now()>startTime+10

Another use for the nop statement is to fool Panorama into not displaying a warning dialog. When used as the last statement in a procedure, or just before a stop statement, statements like quit and closefile will ask the user if they want to save changes. By adding a nop statement you can prevent this alert from appearing.

    if info("trigger") contains "Close w/o Save"
        closefile
        nop
        stop
    endif

See Also

- closefile -- closes the current database.
- quit -- quits Panorama.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0.