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**REPEAT( **//time//** )**

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| **REPEAT** | Specifies the rate of event generation. |
| //time// | An integer constant containing the rate to set, in hundredths of a second. |

The **REPEAT** attribute (PROP:REPEAT) specifies rate of event generation for automatically repeating buttons. For a BUTTON control with the IMM attribute, this is the generation rate for EVENT:Accepted. For a SPIN control, this is the generation rate for EVENT:NewSelection generated by the spin buttons.

Assigning a zero (0) to PROP:REPEAT resets the default setting, any other value sets the repeat rate for the control.

**Example:**

**MDIChild WINDOW('Child One'),AT(0,0,320,200),MDI,MAX,HVSCROLL**

**          BUTTON('Press Me'),AT(10,10,40,20),USE(?PressMe),IMM,REPEAT(100)  !1/second**

**          SPIN(@n3),AT(60,10,40,10),USE(SpinVar),RANGE(0,999),REPEAT(100)   !1/second**

**         END**

** CODE**

** OPEN(MDIChild)**

** ?PressMe{PROP:Delay} = 50  !Set delay to 1/2 second**

** ?SpinVar{PROP:Delay} = 50  !Set delay to 1/2 second**

** ?PressMe{PROP:Repeat} = 5  !Reset repeat to 5 hundredths of a second**

** ?SpinVar{PROP:Repeat} = 5  !Reset repeat to 5 hundredths of a second**

**See Also:**

[[imm  set immediate event notification .htm|IMM]]

[[delay  set repeat button delay .htm|DELAY]]