When the text for a screen region is set in an automation, Studio's Text adapter pauses for a predefined period between each automation step. The period that the automation pauses is defined by the RefreshTimeout property.

The RefreshTimeout property is expressed in milliseconds for each Text adapter automation component and equals the number of seconds the automation pauses before checking for the screen text change event notification. The default is 5000 milliseconds, or five seconds.

In asynchronous mode the event notification occurs immediately and the RefreshTimeout period should not elapse. If, however, the Text adapter is polling for screen text changes, it is possible that the Text adapter could wait the RefreshTimeout period before continuing the automation.

If the delay between setting text and the next automation action is approximately five (5) seconds, then changing the RefreshTimeout property for each of the Text adapter automation components to one (1) second could potentially increase the speed of the automation.