CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

Use the Wait method to tell the Transfer Engine to hold all other tasks until a specific 

asynchronous task is completed. Then continue with the rest of the script.  

Syntax

String Object.Wait (long taskIndex, long timeout)

Parameters  

This is the task index in the asynchronous tasks 

array. The default =  1 (which is current task). 

taskIndex  It can range from 0 to the total number of tasks 

minus one.  

Determines how long (in milliseconds) to wait 

timeout 

for a finished, cancelled, or errored status 

before continuing with the script.  

Return value  

"CANCELLED"  Transfer was stopped by the user 

"FINISHED" 

Transfer was successfully finished  

"ERROR" 

There were errors during the transfer 

The transfer was skipped (file 

"SKIPPED" 

overwrite rules) 

Example  

Set MySite = CreateObject("CuteFTPPro.TEConnection")  

`Initialize all necessary fields for MySite : host name, 

user, password, etc.  

MySite.TransferURLAsync 

"ftp://ftp.cuteftp.com/pub/cuteftp"  

strResult = 

MySite.Wait

If (strResult = "ERROR") then  

MsgBox "warning! An error has occurred!"  

End if

Configuration Notes 

The default timeout value for the Wait method is 21,805,184 milliseconds, or 

approximately 6 hours.  

The maximum possible value for timeout is 2,147,483,647 milliseconds, or just under 

25 days.  

You can set the Wait method to never timeout by using a timeout value of 0 (zero). 

For hints on Wait method timeouts, see 

Timeout strategies

. 

Stopping transfers and other events 

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