• a5_clip_library Function
• a5_export_scripts_udfs Function
• a5_get_actionscript_xbasic Function
• a5_is_actionscript Function
• a5_is_scr_being_edited Function
• a5_new_script_w_prompt Function
• a5_prmpt_script_name Function
• a5_save_script Function
• a5_script_create_new Function
• a5_script_favorites Function
• a5_script_favorites_menu Function
• a5_script_rename Function
• a5_scripteditor_popup Function
• a5_scriptgenie_multistep Function
• a5_scriptgenie_multistp2 Function
• a5_select_script_action Function
• A5_SETUP_ASK_VARS Function
• a5_what_being_edited Function
• EXPORT_SCRIPTS_AND_UDF Function
• export_scripts_and_udfs Function
• export_scripts_udfs Function
• IMPORT_SCRIPTS_UDF Function
• import_scripts_udfs Function
• load_compiled_script Function
• LOAD_LIBRARY Function
• ON_CONDITION Function
• script_drop Function
• script_exists Function
• SCRIPT_LOAD Function
• script_load_compiled Function
• SCRIPT_PLAY Function
• SCRIPT_PLAY_LOCAL Function
• script_rename Function
• script_save Function
• SCRIPT_SCHEDULE Function
• SCRIPT_SCHEDULE_NAME_GET Function
• SCRIPT_SCHEDULE_TIME_GET Function
• SCRIPT_SPAWN Function
• SCRIPTEDITOR_OPEN Function
• SLEEP Function
• UDF_LOAD Function
• VARIABLES_ENUM Function
• WAIT_UNTIL Function
• XBASIC_ASYNCHRONOUS Function
• XBASIC_SYNCHRONOUS Function
• XBASIC_WAIT_FOR_IDLE Function

XBASIC_SYNCHRONOUS Function

Syntax

Description

Force current script to run synchronously (in the foreground thread).

Discussion

The XBASIC_SYNCHRONOUS() function forces the script to run in the foreground thread. There are a limited number of places where this function would be necessary, but one example is when you are setting properties on objects in a form in a loop. If you did not use this function, the loop might run in a background thread, and setting the properties will be slow. By using this function, the loop is forced to run in the foreground thread, and as a result, it runs quickly.

Limitations

Desktop applications only.

See Also

• Script Functions