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# Sleep

Stops execution during a specified amount of time.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **Frequency** *\<numeric> -* The amount of time (in miliseconds) that users wants to keep the program sleeping.
* **Run Other Events** - This parameter defines if the user wants to run other events in paralell or not. Only Win32 Clients support this parameter. There are two possible values for this: *Yes*, *No*

{% hint style="info" %}
On Android, if the action is called in the UI thread, this causes a change to the background thread, allowing drawing to occur in the App to refresh the screen.
{% endhint %}