Maximum Time using timer object!! 2

[Fori]

Hi again,

do you have any idea what's the maximum time the timer interval property can handle!!? does it support more than a minute!

Tahnks
Nick

 

[Error7]

65,535 milliseconds or just over 1 minute.

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[Fori]

i need at least five minutes how can i go about it?

Thanks

 

[Sashanan]

Use a counter in the Timer event. For instance:

Private MyVar as Integer

Private Sub tmrMyTimer_Timer()

MyVar = MyVar + 1

If MyVar = 5 then
  (whatever code you want to execute every 5 minutes)
  MyVar = 0
End If

End Sub

Now, with the interval set to 60000 ms (1 minute), the timer event is called every minute, but it needs to be called 5 times (=5 minutes) before the code executes. You can also go with a smaller interval and a larger value for MyVar; the time it takes for the timer event to be called and the If clause to be evaluated is negligible.



"Much that I bound, I could not free. Much that I freed returned to me."
(Lee Wilson Dodd)

 

[CCLINT]

But you can use a (static) variable to hold the start time, and execute what you want when the current time > then the time held in the variable.

The interval is: Just an interval. It doesn't need to be used as a Time's-Up function, but can also be used as a "It's time to check the amount of time past" function.

 

[CCLINT]

Sorry, Sashanan, we must have posted close to the same time.

 

[Sashanan]

No prob at all, was less than a minute in it. Besides, you tend to explain things better than I do.


"Much that I bound, I could not free. Much that I freed returned to me."
(Lee Wilson Dodd)

 

[Fori]

thanks guys!! cheers!!
Nick