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<h1 style="text-align: center;">setTimeout()</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] <span class="l1">using-setTimeout-method_to_delay_execution_of_next</span>,&nbsp;&nbsp;for&nbsp;JS, JQ - i am using the window setTimeout method to DELAY execution of a particular&nbsp;script. The example is&nbsp;ON PG L4 view/articles&nbsp;for the move records feature.&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] in this case if we reload the page immediately after executing the POST command to move the records, the records typically have not yet been moved from the db location and when the page is refreshed, it is still reflecting that the 'moved' records still exist in the current location. By delaying the execution of the window.reload command after the post the</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;EXAMPLE - PAGE - toolbar_records.cshtml -</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] to use [setTimeout]&nbsp; - when&nbsp;you want to execute a code block at a particular time</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] <span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;">setTimeout(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #4f76ac; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #4f76ac; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #4f76ac; font-size: x-small;">function</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;">() { window.location.reload(); }, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #b35bb4; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #b35bb4; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #b35bb4; font-size: x-small;">1000</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Consolas; color: #232323; font-size: x-small;">);</span></span></span></li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] call the window setTimeout function with the callback function&nbsp;and the amount of time&nbsp;of delay in milliseconds as arguments</li>
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<li>] <strong>setTimeout (</strong></li>
<li>] CALLBACK code&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>function() {// function code },</strong> OR named function ex <strong>refresh()</strong></li>
<li>] time to wait before function executes <strong>1000 </strong></li>
<li>] ...&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] PG toolbar_records - script -&nbsp;move records -</li>
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