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A property of the SYSTEM built-in variable that allows you to set and get the DDE timeout used for all DDE commands. This value is in hundredths of seconds and the default value is 500.

**Example:**

**DDERetVal   STRING(20)**

**WinOne   WINDOW,AT(0,0,160,400)**

**        ENTRY(@s20),USE(DDERetVal)**

**       END**

**MyServer   LONG**

** CODE**

** OPEN(WinOne)**

** SYSTEM{PROP:DDETimeOut} = 12000         !Set time out to two minutes**

** MyServer = DDESERVER('MyApp','DataEntered')   !Open as server**

** ACCEPT**

**  CASE EVENT()**

**  OF EVENT:DDErequest              !Data requested once**

**   DDEWRITE(MyServer,DDE:manual,'DataEntered',DDERetVal) **

**                         !Provide data once**

**  END**

** END**