Starts a timer and creates a session to which other timer actions can link. Timer sessions can be used to gauge the execution time between Start Timer and Stop Timer steps.
Use a Read Timer step to read the timer value without stopping the timer.
Declaration
<AMSTARTTIMER SESSION="text" />
See Also: Read Timer, Stop Timer, Pause Task, Wait for File, Wait for Process
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Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
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Timer Name |
Text |
Yes |
TimerSession1 |
SESSION="TimeSess2" |
the timer session name to identify this timer in subsequent timer steps. This allows several timers to be running simultaneously. If only working with one timer in the task, use the default session name, which is TimerSession1. |