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I am really grateful for this solution. hans
"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> skrev i meddelandet 
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> "Hans J�nsson" <042140773@telia.com> wrote in message
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>> Start a timer when the word is presented, read the time
>> when the person moves on to next word
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> You don't need a timer for that.  Simple call GetTickCount() when the word
> is shown, and again when the word is finished.  The difference between the
> two values will be the elapsed time, in milliseconds.
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>> by pressing something
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> Pressing a button (or other control) is an action that relies on messages
> being placed in, and retreived from, the message queue.  So no matter how
> fast your timer is, the overall calculation for the reading speed will be
> slowed down by that.  If your main thread is delayed in processing new
> messages, your click actions will be delayed, and your calculation will be
> inaccurate.
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> About the only way I can think of to get real-time results at the 
> resolution
> you are asking for is to use a global keyboard and/or mouse hook via the
> SetWindowsHookEx() function in a DLL.  When the user wants to move on to 
> the
> next word, they simply press the keyboard, or move the mouse, or click the
> mouse button (but not on anything specific).  The hook(s) can track the
> hardware notifications so it can react faster than waiting for the message
> queue.
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> Gambit
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