Timer

[3353]

hi,

Do anybody knows any APIs besides Sleep() which could be used to set as a timer.
This timer is unlike Sleep() where it should allow other functions codes to operate until the timer period-out.

Your help will be appreciated......thanks in advance...

munhong

 

[palbano]

SetTimer(), KillTimer()

Good luck
-pete

 

[Gorecki]

The high resolution is preferred if available on the system timeGetTime.
Here's an example of usage.

// is there a performance counter available?

if (QueryPerformanceFrequency((LARGE_INTEGER *) &perf_cnt)) {

// yes, set time_count and timer choice flag

perf_flag=TRUE;
time_count=(long) perf_cnt/60;
QueryPerformanceCounter((LARGE_INTEGER *) &next_time);
time_scale=1.0/perf_cnt;

} else {

// no performance counter, read in using timeGetTime

next_time=timeGetTime();
time_scale=0.001;
}

// save time of last frame

last_time=next_time;