Need help creating simple clock prgm in windows.

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3 total messages Started by "2 Wise"-King Wed, 27 Sep 1995 09:34

Author: "2 Wise"-King
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 09:34

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I need to write a windows program that will display time. I have thought
about the problem, I don't think I should be using time, or clock or 
biostime since I'll be polling the CPU all the time. 

I think what I need is the windows to automatically acknowledge the 
program after every 1 minute so the program can increment the time
only after 1 min, instead of keeps checking the time every clock tick.

And I don't still don't know a lot about windows progamming. So, your
reply is greatly appreciated. Don't need to write the program for me,
just tell me what class/function I should be aware of that provide
such routine.

Once again, thanx.

Re: Need help creating simple clock prgm in windows.

Author: drf
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 05:43

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In article <44b5s2$132@news.csus.edu>, wleong@sfsu.edu ("2 Wise"-King) wrote:
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>I need to write a windows program that will display time. I have thought
>about the problem, I don't think I should be using time, or clock or 
>biostime since I'll be polling the CPU all the time. 
>
>I think what I need is the windows to automatically acknowledge the 
>program after every 1 minute so the program can increment the time
>only after 1 min, instead of keeps checking the time every clock tick.
>
>And I don't still don't know a lot about windows progamming. So, your
>reply is greatly appreciated. Don't need to write the program for me,
>just tell me what class/function I should be aware of that provide
>such routine.
>
>Once again, thanx.
>
wleong:
Hey.. thats easy.. just set up a timer call back to kick you over
every minute.  Check into the TWindow:SetTimer function.. and
follow the links. (I am assumin you are using OWL of course  :)

Never give up!
David Foringer
dveous@primenet.com
dforinge@space.honeywell.com

Re: Need help creating simple clock prgm in windows.

Author: Mario Zimmermann
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:57

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wleong@sfsu.edu ("2 Wise"-King) wrote:
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>I need to write a windows program that will display time. I have thought
>about the problem, I don't think I should be using time, or clock or 
>biostime since I'll be polling the CPU all the time. 

Read the documentation about the windows timer functions.
You can setup a timer which calls your program every minute.

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