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<RefMeta>
<RefEntryTitle>Pause</RefEntryTitle>
<ManVolNum>special file</ManVolNum>
</RefMeta>
<RefNameDiv>
<RefName><Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol></RefName>
<RefPurpose>pause a tool, operation or data performance
</RefPurpose>
</RefNameDiv>
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<RefSynopsisDiv>
<Synopsis>Pause([in messageID <Symbol Role="Variable">operation</Symbol>]);
</Synopsis>
</RefSynopsisDiv>
<RefSect1>
<Title>DESCRIPTION</Title>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol> request
pauses the specified tool, operation or data performance.
</Para>
<Para>If the optional
<Symbol Role="Variable">operation</Symbol> argument is included, the handler should pause the operation
that was invoked by the specified request.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">operation</Symbol> argument
is the request that should be paused.
For a request to be eligible for pausing, the handler must have sent a
<Symbol Role="Message">Status</Symbol> notice back to the requester (thus
identifying itself to the requester).
</Para>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>ERRORS</Title>
<Para>The ToolTalk service may return the following error
in processing the
<Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol> request:
</Para>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_DESKTOP_ENOMSG</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">operation</Symbol> argument does not refer to any message currently known by the handler.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>APPLICATION USAGE</Title>
<Para>The
&cdeman.ttdt.session.join;, and
&cdeman.ttdt.message.accept;, functions can be used to register for,
and help process, the
<Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol> request.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>EXAMPLES</Title>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol> message can be sent as in the following example:
</Para>
<InformalExample Remap="indent">
<ProgramListing>Tt_message msg = tttk_message_create(0, TT_REQUEST, TT_SESSION,
                        the_recipient_procid, TTDT_PAUSE,
                        my_callback);
tt_message_send(msg);
</ProgramListing>
</InformalExample>
</RefSect1>
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<RefSect1>
<Title>WARNINGS</Title>
<Para><Symbol Role="Message">Pause</Symbol> can also be sent as a multicast notice, as an
<Emphasis>edict</Emphasis> to all tools in the scope of the message.
The consequences of doing so can be severe and unexpected.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
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<RefSect1>
<Title>SEE ALSO</Title>
<Para>&cdeman.tt.message.send;, &cdeman.ttdt.message.accept;, &cdeman.ttdt.session.join;; <Symbol Role="Message">Resume</Symbol> request.
</Para>
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