/timer[N/name] [-cdeomhipr] [time] <repetitions> <interval> <command>

Activates the specified timer to perform the specified command at a specified interval, and optionally at a specified time.



If you are not connected to a server and you start a timer, it defaults to being an offline timer which means it will continue to run whether you are connected to a server or not.



If you are connected to a server and you start a timer, it defaults to being an online timer, which means that if you disconnect from the server, it will be turned off. You can specify the -o switch to force it to be an offline timer.



/timer1 0 20 /ame is AWAY!



Timer1 will repeat an all channel action every 20 seconds until you stop the timer.



If you specify a delay of 0 seconds, the timer will trigger immediately after the calling script ends.



/timer5 10 60 /msg #games For more info on the latest games do /msg GaMeBoT info



Timer5 will repeat this message to channel #games every sixty seconds and stop after 10 times.



/timer9 14:30 1 1 /say It is now 2:30pm



This will wait until 2:30pm and will then announce the time once and stop.



To see a list of active timers type /timers. To see the setting for timer1 type /timer1. To deactivate timer1 type /timer1 off. To deactivate all timers type /timers off. If you are activating a new timer you do not need to specify the timer number, just use:



/timer 10 20 /ame I am not here!



And mIRC will allocate the first free timer it finds to this command.



If you specify the -c switch, this makes mIRC "catch up" a timer by executing it more than once during one interval if the real-time interval is not matching your requested interval.



If you specify the -m or -h switch, this indicates that the interval delay is in milliseconds.



Note: The -h switch creates a high-resolution multimedia timer. This type of timer should only be used in critical timer situations since it uses system resources heavily.



The -d switch ensures that a timer and any subsequent timers using the -d switch are triggered in that order.



If you specify the -e switch, this executes the command associated with the specified timer name, also works if you specify a wildcard name.



The $ltimer identifier returns the number of the timer that was just started by the /timer command.



Instead of using a number you can also specify a name for a timer.



/timershow 0 10 echo -a $nick $server $time



You can force identifiers to be re-evaluated when used in a /timer command by using the format $!me or $!time.



If you wish to turn off a range of timers, you can use a wildcard for the number, for example:



/timer3? off



Will turn off all timers from 30 to 39.



The -pr switches pause and resume a timer respectively.



The -i switch makes a timer dynamically associate with whatever happens to be the active connection. If a server window is closed, the timer is associated with the next available server window.