SetTimerEx

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Description:
This will create set a timer, which will be triggered when the given time has passed.


Parameters:

(FunctionName, interval, n, ...)

FunctionName[string] : The name of the function to be called.
interval[integer] : The amount of time (in milliseconds) after which the function will be called.
n[integer] : The number of times the function is to be called. Specify 0 to call the function infinite number of times.
... : Optional Parameters to pass to the function. Supported parameter data types are integers, floats and strings.


Return Values:
The ID of the timer created, which can be used with KillTimer. On failure it throws error and returns (null?)

Important Note:
This was added in v2.0 and will not work in previous builds.


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