win32event.WaitForSingleObject

int = WaitForSingleObject(hHandle, milliseconds )

Returns when an event is signalled

Parameters

hHandle : PyHANDLE

handle of object to wait for

milliseconds : int

time-out interval in milliseconds

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value indicates the event that caused the function to return. This value can be one of the following.

Value Meaning

WAIT_ABANDONED The specified object is a mutex object that was not released by the thread that owned the mutex object before the owning thread terminated. Ownership of the mutex object is granted to the calling thread, and the mutex is set to nonsignaled.

WAIT_OBJECT_0 The state of the specified object is signaled.

WAIT_TIMEOUT The time-out interval elapsed, and the object's state is nonsignaled.

Value	Meaning

WAIT_ABANDONED	The specified object is a mutex object that was not released by the thread that owned the mutex object before the owning thread terminated. Ownership of the mutex object is granted to the calling thread, and the mutex is set to nonsignaled.
WAIT_OBJECT_0	The state of the specified object is signaled.
WAIT_TIMEOUT	The time-out interval elapsed, and the object's state is nonsignaled.