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Awesome. Both answers are very informative. Will split the points.<br />

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Awesome. Both answers are very informative. Will split the points.


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I normally use 'doevents' in a loop to have a program wait for a specified trigger but judging by the program's CPU usage while it's waiting, this isn't the best way to go. <br />
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I need to have a program trigger and record text on a webpage every 1/2 hour. I've thought about using Windows Scheduled TAsks to do this, but the lowest time denomination you can repeatedly run a program is once daily. <br />
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It'd be nice to have the program open and left that way while it waits every 1/2 hour to record text on the webpage without using as many CPUs as 'doevents' does. Any suggestions?
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I normally use 'doevents' in a loop to have a program wait for a specified trigger but judging by the program's CPU usage while it's waiting, this isn't the best way to go. 

I need to have a program trigger and record text on a webpage every 1/2 hour. I've thought about using Windows Scheduled TAsks to do this, but the lowest time denomination you can repeatedly run a program is once daily. 

It'd be nice to have the program open and left that way while it waits every 1/2 hour to record text on the webpage without using as many CPUs as 'doevents' does. Any suggestions?

Least resource hogging way to have a program 'sleep' until specified times

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