hi,

how do i use timegettime() api in VB.

I declared the api. Then the api started giving negative values.

since the application iam trying to develop will run continuously for months together.

How do i initialize the timer

How do i set the time delay

How do i restart the timer.

i am trying to use the timer to send the data to COM port. (to wait while transmitting)

Then i will use the api to (to wait and) receive data from COM port.

Any help in understanding the timegettime function and any example (if possible) will be greatly appreiciated.

regards,
vivek

Found this if its any help

http://www.trap17.com/index.php/api-timegettime_t9092.html


It says there a bug in that function. You could also use the sleep api, I use it in serial comms when I need to put a delay before reading the port.



Steve  

When I needed to know the elapsed time, I used GetTickCount API. It is quite easy for use:

Private Declare Function GetTickCount& Lib "kernel32" () dim retval as long     retval = GetTickCount()     ' some coding     ' .....................     MsgBox (GetTickCount -retval) & " miliseconds elapsed"

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