Timer question 1

[shawnnason]

All -

I want to see how long it's been since I started a timer until an event happens. Is there way to do something along the lines of:

timer1.interval = 10000
timer1.enabled = true

<other stuff happens>

timer1.enabled = false
leftovertime = timer1.timeleft
text1.text (leftovertime)

Or do I need to do something crazy like make my interval really small, then each time the interval expires add to a counter, then report the counter?

I know there is no such thing as timleft for a timer.

- Shawn

 

[chiph]

Shawn -

I'd do something like this:
[tt]
Dim StartTime as date
DIm RunTime as date

Starttime = Now()

'... Do stuff

RunTime = Now() - Starttime
[/tt]

 

[shawnnason]

chiph -

That's fine idea, but I need to be able to measure in milliseconds. Now() olny give me seconds. Any other ideas?

- Shawn

 

[shawnnason]

Figured it out:

StartTime = Timer

<things happen>

FinishTime = Timer
Totaltime = FinishTime - StartTime