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Put this function prototype at the top of your file immediately after the 
includes.

__declspec(dllimport)
extern "C"
void __stdcall Sleep(unsigned long millisec);

.  Ed

> Andre Steenveld wrote in message
> news:46f01013@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> I've a problem with a console application and the Sleep() api call.
>
> What I need/want, in some states of the program, is to release the 
> timeslice in a console application while it is waiting on (non blocking) 
> user input. For that I need access to usleep(msec) or Sleep(msec). A call 
> to sleep(sec) is not realy an option. Users will notice a delay of one 
> second most certenly.
>
> The alternative is to do busy-waiting and keep the processor load at 100%. 
> Not a nice option.
> Another alternatice is to switch between blocking and non-blocking input 
> which doesn't sound atractive to me. (more code prone to buggy behaviour)
>
> Since the application is a console application I can't include 
> <windows.h>. If I do, a load of compile errors is the result.
> But to use sleep(), usleep() or Sleep() I must include <windows.h> 
> according to the documentation.
>
> Does someone know how to call a windows API call from a console 
> application? Does someone have a suggestion to tackle this problem?