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.TH WaitMsg 1 "March 1997" "Scilab Group" "Scilab function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
WaitMsg - waits for a message
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
[type,msg] = WaitMsg(appli)
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 6
appli
: string, name of an application
.TP 5
type
: string
.TP 4
msg
: string
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fVWaitMsg\fR waits for a message sent by another application.
As long as any message has not been sent, \fVWaitMsg\fR waits.
This is a way to send and get messages in a synchronous way.
The type of the message is \fVstring\fR and the message itself is
\fVmsg\fR.

By default the name of the first application (the one executed by GeCi) is
"XGeCI".
.SH SEE ALSO
GetMsg, SendMsg