Other Commands
This is a list of the functions and the statements that are not included in the other categories.
Beep Statement
Plays a tone through the computer's speaker. The tone is system-dependent and you cannot modify its volume or pitch.
Wait Statement
Interrupts the program execution for the amount of time that you specify in milliseconds.
GetSystemTicks Function
Returns the number of system ticks provided by the operating system. You can use this function to optimize certain processes.
Environ Function
Returns the value of an environment variable as a string. Environment variables are dependent on the type of operating system that you have.
CreateUnoDialog Function
Creates a Basic Uno object that represents a Uno dialog control during Basic runtime.
CreateUnoValue Function
Returns an object that represents a strictly typed value referring to the Uno type system.
CreateObject Function
Creates a UNO object. On Windows, can also create OLE objects.
This method creates instances of the type that is passed as parameter.
GetDefaultContext Function
Returns the default context of the process service factory, if existent, else returns a null reference.