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[Microsoft Agent is deprecated as of Windows 7, and may be unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows.]

Description

Causes the animation queue for the specified character to wait until the specified animation request completes.

Syntax

agent**.Characters ("CharacterID").Wait**Request

Part Description
Request A Request object specifying a particular animation..

 

Remarks

Use this method only when you support multiple (simultaneous) characters and are trying to sequence the interaction of characters. (For a single character, each animation request is played sequentially--after the previous request completes.) If you have two characters and you want a character's animation request to wait until the other character's animation completes, set the Wait method to the other character's animation Request object. To specify the request parameter, you must create a variable and assign the animation request you want to interrupt:

   Dim GenieRequest 
   Dim RobbyRequest 
   Dim Genie 
   Dim Robby 

   Sub window_Onload

   Agent1.Characters.Load "Genie", "https://agent.microsoft.com/characters/v2/genie/genie.acf"
   Agent1.Characters.Load "Robby", "https://agent.microsoft.com/characters/v2/robby/robby.acf"

   Set Genie = Agent1.Characters("Genie")
   Set Robby = Agent1.Characters("Robby")

   Genie.Get "State", "Showing"
   Robby.Get "State", "Showing"

   Genie.Get "Animation", "Announce, AnnounceReturn, Pleased, _ 
      PleasedReturn"
   
   Robby.Get "Animation", "Confused, ConfusedReturn, Sad, SadReturn"

   Set Genie = Agent1.Characters ("Genie")
   Set Robby = Agent1.Characters ("Robby")

   Genie.MoveTo 100,100
   Genie.Show

   Robby.MoveTo 250,100
   Robby.Show

   Genie.Play "Announce"
   Set GenieRequest = Genie.Speak ("Why did the chicken cross the road?")
   
   Robby.Wait GenieRequest
   Robby.Play "Confused"
   Set RobbyRequest = Robby.Speak ("I don't know. Why did the chicken _
      cross the road?")
   
   Genie.Wait RobbyRequest
   Genie.Play "Pleased"
   Set GenieRequest = Genie.Speak ("To get to the other side.")
   
   Robby.Wait GenieRequest
   Robby.Play "Sad"
   Robby.Speak "I never should have asked."

   End Sub

You can also streamline your code by just calling Wait directly, using a specific animation request.

   Robby.Wait Genie.Play "GestureRight"

This avoids having to explicitly declare a Request object.