Wait a specified period of time

Question

I have a button on a form and when the user clicks it, I want to wait a specified number of seconds and then continue with a javascript.
What the best way to do this?
All suggestions appreciated.

Answer 1

Acrobat has a setTimeOut function that will execute an AcroForm command in the future. Here is the syntax for it:
var  
test = app.setTimeOut("app.alert('This is a test....')", 2000);
The command needs to be an Acroform command and the 2000 is the time to wait (in milliseconds). You will not want to execute more than one command so you may want to put your script on an invisible button then execute like this:
var  test = app.setTimeOut("xfa.form.form1.Page1.Button2.execEvent('click')", 2000)
Note that all of your subforms in the path to the button must be named!
Paul