Timed Execution

The delay primitive pauses script execution for a specified number of milliseconds.

writeLn "first"
delay 1000
writeLn "second"

Patterns

Wait for app to open

press "win r"
delay 800             # let Run dialog open
writeLn "cmd"
delay 500             # let cmd window open
writeLn "whoami"

Rate-limit credential attempts

repeatStart 5
  writeLn "_$random_number()_$random_number()_$random_number()_$random_number()"
  delay 30000        # 30 s between attempts to dodge lockout
repeatEnd

Schedule via autostart + delay

The simplest "fire at time T" payload is an autostart script that delays for the time-to-fire on boot, then executes:

delay 600000          # 10 minutes after boot
writeLn "payload"

Combine with a power-on trigger (manual, scheduled outlet, etc.) for delayed execution without an RTC.

Limits

• Minimum effective delay: 1 ms (lower values round up).
• Maximum: 0xFFFFFFFF ms (~49 days).
• delay is blocking — no other commands run during the wait. For non-blocking behavior, use TraceNetwork events to coordinate timing across devices.