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Comparing two system times
This is the code that causes an error (I can't figure out why). ULARGE_INTEGER time1, time2; time1.LowPart = m_end_time->dwLowDateTime; time1.HighPart = m_end_time->dwHighDateTime; time2.LowPart = m_start_time->dwLowDateTime; time2.HighPart = m_start_time->dwHighDateTime; time1.QuadPart...- MadWombat
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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Comparing two system times
Hi everyone, I'm having some troubles comparing times with Visual C++. What I want to do is compare the starting time of an action to its end time in order to figure out how long it took. Now, I can get the time as two DWORDs by using GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(), but I can't subtract them to get...- MadWombat
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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Getting System Time in Windows 32
Ok, I found what I needed. It was the GetSystemTimeAsFileTime function so that I can get the difference in times between two events. Thanks! Paul- MadWombat
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- Forum: Microsoft: Visual C++
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Getting System Time in Windows 32
Hi all, I'm new to programming under windows, but have some experience under UNIX. I'm trying to get the system time from the computer to the most precise degree possible (well, microseconds are close enough). Under UNIX, I would use the gettimeofday function in the time library. However, I am...- MadWombat
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