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# TIPCServerComm.PeekMessage

See if a message is available.

## Declaration

Source position: simpleipc.pp line 103

`public function TIPCServerComm.PeekMessage(`
`Timeout: Integer`
`):Boolean; virtual; abstract;`

## Arguments

`Timeout` |  | Number of milliseconds to wait for a message.

## Function result

True if a message was available.

## Description

PeekMessage can be used to see if a message is available: it returns True if a message is available. It will wait maximum TimeOut milliseconds for a message to arrive. If no message was available after this time, it will return False.

If a message was available, it can be read with the ReadMessage call.

## See also

ReadMessage |  | Read message from the channel.

Documentation generated on: May 14 2021