how to timeout a command

From: wai yung (yungsiuwai_at_i-cable.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:30:38 -0700

Hi all,
I need to execute a command, a method of an object, which will run for an
uncertain amount of time. It could be a long time. So what I want to do is
if the command does not return , say , in two or three seconds, I would like
to terminate it and move on. Is there any way I can do something like that?
Thank you for your help.
Wai

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