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<concept id="GUID-EA6965FB-5BB6-5110-9A16-B5403E1983D4" xml:lang="en"><title>How to

Wait for a Given Time</title><shortdesc>Explains how to use the <codeph>At()</codeph> function to wait.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Use the <codeph>At()</codeph> function to set the timer to complete at

a specific time.</p>

<p>The following example suspends the thread until the current time plus ten

seconds.</p>

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// get current time (microseconds since 0AD nominal Gregorian)

TTime time; 

time.HomeTime();  

// add ten seconds to the time

TTimeIntervalSeconds timeIntervalSeconds(10);

time += timeIntervalSeconds;

// issue and wait

timer.At(timerStatus,time);

User::WaitForRequest(timerStatus);</codeblock>

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