# engSetEvalTimeout

## Purpose

Set timeout duration for engine routines.

## Syntax

    #include "engine.h"
    void engSetEvalTimeout(ep,timeout)
            Engine *ep;
            long timeout;

## Arguments

`ep`
  engine pointer
`timeout`
  timeout duration in milliseconds

## Description

`engSetEvalTimeout` `(timeout)` sets the DDE timeout duration for calls to `engEvalString`, `engGetMatrix`, and `engPutMatrix`. The default value is 3000 or three seconds.

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