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Waiting X number of minutes
The suspend() function posted in the "waiting for x milliseconds" could be easily adapted to use seconds as a parameter. I found it nescessary to use that function in my application when one similar to the one you suggest pushed my processor usage to 100%. -
how do I wait x number of milliseconds??
try this function: int suspend(int milisecs) { HANDLE hTimer = NULL; LARGE_INTEGER liDueTime; liDueTime.QuadPart=(-10000 * milisecs); // Create a waitable timer. hTimer = CreateWaitableTimer(NULL, TRUE, NULL); if (!hTimer) { CloseHandle(hTimer); return...
