I am creating a small computer game and I want to use a timer to show the time that it takes untill the level is completed. I have very little experience with VB. I have seen that there is a timer function, but how does it work?
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put the timer object in the form and 3 labels for minute, seconds & hours.. lbSec,lbMin & lbHours
and 3 variables Tsec, Tmin, Thours
on the timer1 procedure
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Tsec= lbSec.Caption + 1
If TSegundo < 10 Then
Tsec = "0" & Tsec
lbSec.Caption = Tsec
Else
lbSec.Caption = Tsec
End If
If Tsec= 60 Then
Tmin= lbMin .Caption + 1
If Tmin< 10 Then
Tmin= "0" & Tmin
lbMin .Caption = Tmin
Else
lbMin .Caption = Tmin
End If
lbSec.Caption = "01"
End If
If Tmin= 60 Then
THora = lbHours.Caption + 1
If Thours< 10 Then
Thours= "0" & Thours
lbHours.Caption = Thours
Else
lbHours.Caption = Thours
End If
lbMin .Caption = "01"
End If
End Sub
if it works please grant me the points i really need points.. m scarce of expert-points =) tnx!
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by: MennovdhPosted on 2003-01-22 at 00:34:18ID: 7777932
Set Timer1.Interval=1000
Dim Seconds As Long
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Seconds = Seconds + 1
lblTime.Caption = Seconds & " second" & IIf(Seconds = 1, "", "s")
End Sub
Assuming you want the time in seconds.