IP question

[alrodopial]

Hi everyone,
A simple question:

I place a bet IP in a football match where there is a 5sec delay for the bet to be matched and before the 5 sec I want to cancel it.
So
1. Does BA updates in these period ? -in this period the conditions of my bet may not be met so I want to cancel the bet -.
For this to be happen BA must be updating, does it?
2. If it does, the "CANCEL" trigger will be fired at once?

Thanks

[GaryRussell]

If you could cancel a bet before the delay then it would defeat the purpose of the delay therefore Betfair do not provide a way to do this. They prevent you cancelling the bet by not providing the bet reference until after the delay. You cannot cancel a bet without a reference.

[alrodopial]

Logical.
What will happen if:
I place a bet in play, the bet is unmatched after the delay (5 or 1 sec) and then I place a cancel trigger.
Will this trigger be executed after the delay (another 1 or 5 sec) or will it be at once?

[GaryRussell]

Logical.
What will happen if:
I place a bet in play, the bet is unmatched after the delay (5 or 1 sec) and then I place a cancel trigger.
Will this trigger be executed after the delay (another 1 or 5 sec) or will it be at once?

At once. Betfair do not impose a delay on cancelling bets.