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_ABANDONEDThe 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_0The state of the specified object is signaled.
WAIT_TIMEOUTThe time-out interval elapsed, and the object's state is nonsignaled.