File Content Extraction 26.1
Filter SDK C++ Programming Guide

# timeout

(Out-of-process only) Sets the timeout used when filtering a particular document. If the process times out, File Content Extraction shuts down the out-of-process process, which might add some time before the function returns.

Note that this timeout is also used for SummaryInformation and Detection.

By default this timeout value is in seconds. You can change this unit to milliseconds by setting `KvoopTimeOutUnit=millisecond` in the `[FilterSDK_Config]` section of the `formats.ini` file.

Default value: 350 seconds

## Syntax

    Configuration& Configuration::timeout(int64_t seconds)

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Product: File Content Extraction 26.1

Topic Title: timeout