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Oh, one last thing I need to add, the function that you want the timer function to call must be in this form:<br />
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VOID CALLBACK TimerProc( HWND hwnd, // handle of window for timer messages <br />
UINT uMsg, // WM_TIMER message <br />
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UINT idEvent, // timer identifier <br />
&nbsp;<br />
DWORD dwTime // current system time <br />
);<br />
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Try looking up TimerProc in the help file for more information on this function.<br />

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Oh, one last thing I need to add, the function that you want the timer function to call must be in this form:

VOID CALLBACK TimerProc( HWND hwnd, // handle of window for timer messages
UINT uMsg, // WM_TIMER message

UINT idEvent, // timer identifier
 
DWORD dwTime // current system time
);

Try looking up TimerProc in the help file for more information on this function.


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Thanx for the response. &nbsp;How can I get to be in Seconds or hours, instead of milliseconds?<br />
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so the way it runs would be something like this: <br />
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SetTimer(NULL,1,timeout in msecs,&quot;name of function i like to run at end of timeout&quot;);<br />
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Thanx for the response.  How can I get to be in Seconds or hours, instead of milliseconds?

so the way it runs would be something like this:

SetTimer(NULL,1,timeout in msecs,"name of function i like to run at end of timeout");




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I did not see your second comment. &nbsp;I am not sure i understand, the function i need to run must be in the TimerProc form....<br />
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Can you give an example?<br />

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I did not see your second comment.  I am not sure i understand, the function i need to run must be in the TimerProc form....

Can you give an example?


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Thanx! I am all set for what I needed to do, using timerproc and settimer. &nbsp;<br />

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Thanx! I am all set for what I needed to do, using timerproc and settimer.  


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Glad I could help :-)<br />

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Hi,<br />
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I'd need to know how to set a timer in C/C++, so that at the end of the given time, it executes what i want it to do.<br />
But in the meantime of that happening, i would like the program to execute other tasks.<br />
This would be like a separate process.<br />
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thanx for any suggestions and help
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Hi,

I'd need to know how to set a timer in C/C++, so that at the end of the given time, it executes what i want it to do.
But in the meantime of that happening, i would like the program to execute other tasks.
This would be like a separate process.

thanx for any suggestions and help

How to set a countdown timer

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