Delay Activity Designer

The Delay activity designer is used to create and configure a Delay activity.

The Delay activity

The Delay activity delays the execution of a workflow for a specified amount of time.

Use the Delay Activity Designer

The Delay activity designer can be found in the Primitives category of the Toolbox, which is accessed by clicking the Toolbox tab of the Workflow Designer. Alternatively, select Toolbox from the View menu, or press Ctrl+Alt+X.

The Delay activity designer can be dragged from the Toolbox and dropped on to the Workflow Designer surface wherever activities are usually placed, such as inside a Sequence. Dropping the activity designer creates a Delay activity with a default DisplayName of Delay. The DisplayName can be edited in the header of the Delay activity designer or in the DisplayName box of the property grid.

The Delay properties

The following table shows the Delay properties and describes how they're used in the designer. These properties can be edited in the property grid and some of them can be edited on the Workflow Designer surface.

Property Name	Required	Usage
DisplayName	False	The friendly name of the Delay activity. The default is Delay. Although the DisplayName value isn't strictly required, it's a best practice to use one.
Duration	True	The amount of time to delay the workflow. This property is set in the property grid. Type in either a literal TimeSpan in the format 00:00:00 or a Visual Basic expression to specify the amount of time.

See also

• Primitives
• Assign
• Delay Activity Designer
• InvokeMethod
• WriteLine