Can the time being counted down in a WaitTime comand be displayed on the teach pendent?

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Can the time being counted down in a WaitTime comand be displayed on the teach pendent?
I have several programs that have WaitTimes within them and my boss has asked if the time can be displayed. I do not know how to progran this.

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I have created a procedure that prints out the remaining waiting time on the FlexPendant. Perhaps you can use it as a starting point.

Here is the source code.

MODULE WaitTimeModule

PROC TPWaitTime(num waitingTime)
CONST num timeStep:=0.2;
VAR num currentTimeStep;
VAR num timeLeft:=0;
VAR string displayString;

! Initialization;
displayString:="Executing WaitTime “+NumToStr(waitingTime,1)+”: Time left : ";
timeLeft:=waitingTime;

WHILE timeLeft>0 DO
IF timeLeft<timeStep THEN
! Check if the remaining time is smaller than the time step
currentTimeStep:=timeLeft;
timeLeft:=0;
ELSE
! Remaining time is larger than time step.
Add timeLeft,-timeStep;
currentTimeStep:=timeStep;
ENDIF
TPErase;
TPWrite displayString+NumToStr(timeLeft + currentTimeStep,1);
WaitTime currentTimeStep;
ENDWHILE
TPErase;
TPWrite “WaitTime completed”;
ENDPROC

PROC main()
TPWaitTime 5;
ENDPROC
ENDMODULE

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Thanks. I will give this a try and see what happens.