Newbie has problem with SetTimer function

[alcyone]

Hi all,

Can anyone point me in the right direction about the following problem: I try to make a timer in my View, but when I add a call to SetTimer in my code, it compiles ok, but when running I get a error message 'Debug assertion failed! in afxwin2.inl .
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks very much for any help!


BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CATCsimView, CView)
//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CATCsimView)
ON_WM_TIMER()
//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

...

CATCsimView::CATCsimView()
{
// TODO: add construction code here
SetTimer (ID_CLOCK_TIMER, 1000, NULL);
}

...

void CATCsimView::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{
// TODO: Add your message handler code here and/or call default

CView::OnTimer (nIDEvent);
}

 

[gorgor]

I wouldn't put the call to SetTimer inside the class constructor. Since it's a windows class, I would put it in the OnCreate(...) message handler at the earliest. Give that a try and see what happens.

 

[alcyone]

Thank you Gorgor, that was indeed the fact! Now it works fine!

 

[gorgor]

No problem