Timer (without a Dialog) please

[Mike Trader]

First, Thanks to all those who have posted replys. I have learnt alot since I posted my first question.

I understand alot more about Dialogs, callback funtions but I still dont get how to create a timer OUTSIDE of a Dialog.

I have a DLL that is called by a commercially avilable app TradeStation. My DLL is called many many times. The first time it is called I set a DELAY value.

From then on (2 thru n) I do not want to create a window, but I want to execute the timer to act as a delay ie:

WHILE TIMER is counting down
LOOP

I need delays of the order of 10m/s to 500m/s

So can i create a DIALOG without showing it to allow the creation of timer?

[email protected]

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Kind Regards
Mike

[Peter Scheutz]

mike --

is this what you're looking for?
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peter scheutz


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[Semen Matusovski]

Timer needs message loop only (which will exist thanks to main modal dialog).
Simple sample:

1) Compile Dll

  #Compile Dll "a.dll"
  #Dim All
  #Register None
  #Include "Win32Api.Inc"

  Global hTimer As Long
  Function TimerProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, idEvent As Dword Ptr,  ByVal dwTime As Dword) As Long
     WinBeep 800, 200
     Function = %True
  End Function

  Function LibMain(ByVal hInstance   As Long, _
                    ByVal fwdReason   As Long, _
                    ByVal lpvReserved As Long) Export As Long
      Select Case fwdReason
         Case %DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: hTimer = SetTimer (%HWND_DESKTOP, 1, 1000, CodePtr(TimerProc))
         Case %DLL_PROCESS_DETACH: KillTimer %HWND_DESKTOP, hTimer: hTimer = 0
      End Select
      LibMain = 1
   End Function

2) Compile and run Exe

   #Compile Exe
   #Register None
   #Dim All
   #Include "win32api.inc"

   Function PbMain
      Dim hLib As Long
      hLib = LoadLibrary ("a.dll")
      MsgBox "Nice music ?"
      FreeLibrary hLib
      MsgBox "Silence ?"
   End Function

BTW, Winbeep under 9x does "hru-hru" instead of beep.

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[Mike Trader]

Semen Thankyou,

However this does not work on my machine
It compiles and runs, I get the two msgbox's but there is no delay no matter what I set timer to, and no sound (yes vol is up) - sorry.

I did learn alot about the other methods though - esp attach and detach

400mhz P2 / win98SE OS

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Kind Regards
Mike

[Semen Matusovski]

Mike --
see my remark about "hru-hru".
Under 98 Api WinBeep doesn't work correctly with a speaker.
If you have a sound card try to use MessageBeep instead of WinBeep.

For example, MessageBeep %MB_OK or MessageBeep %MB_ICONEXCLAMATION
But, of course, before it look Control Panel, Sounds and test here default/exclamation sound.

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[Mike Trader]

Dear Peter / Ron,

Here is this MM timer rewritten so it will compile and run (you have to hit the OK btn in the MSGBOX dialog each time tho - stdout is not recognized by PB it seems)

Perhaps someone could fill in the question marks.

I also dont understand why there is the ability to call %TIME_CALLBACK_FUNCTION as well as lpFunction. surely you only need to call one function??

I am also confused about how you would use:
%TIME_ONESHOT = 0
%TIME_PERIODIC = 1
%TIME_CALLBACK_FUNCTION = 1
%TIME_CALLBACK_EVENT_SET = 16
%TIME_CALLBACK_EVENT_PULSE = 32

is %TIME_ONESHOT a handle to a function you want called once after timer has expired?

Also, why are we DECLARE SUB MMTimerProc and then defining it again?

Regards
Mike


#COMPILE EXE
GLOBAL Count AS LONG
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE FUNCTION timeSetEvent LIB "WINMM.DLL" ALIAS "timeSetEvent" _
( BYVAL uDelay AS LONG,_ 'delay between timer firings
BYVAL uResolution AS LONG, _ '0 = finest resolution (more work for the system)
BYVAL lpFunction AS LONG,_ 'Function or Sub called after timer expires ????
BYVAL dwUser AS LONG,_ '?????
BYVAL uFlags AS LONG) AS LONG'??????
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE FUNCTION timeKillEvent LIB "WINMM.DLL" ALIAS "timeKillEvent" _
( BYVAL TimerID AS LONG) AS LONG
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECLARE SUB MMTimerProc _
( BYVAL uID AS LONG,_
BYVAL uMsg AS LONG, _
BYVAL dwUser AS LONG,_
BYVAL lp1 AS LONG,_
BYVAL lp2 AS LONG )
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUB MMTimerProc _
( BYVAL uID AS LONG,_
BYVAL uMsg AS LONG, _
BYVAL dwUser AS LONG,_
BYVAL lp1 AS LONG,_
BYVAL lp2 AS LONG )
' *** If using a periodic MM timer, you should ensure the code you place in the timer callback function
' *** can finish executing before the next MM timer event.
INCR Count
MSGBOX STR$(Count)
END SUB
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FUNCTION PBMAIN
LOCAL hMMTimer AS LONG

%TIME_ONESHOT = 0 ' Event occurs once, after uDelay milliseconds
%TIME_PERIODIC = 1 ' Event occurs every uDelay milliseconds.
%TIME_CALLBACK_FUNCTION = 1 ' When the timer expires, Windows calls the function pointed to by the
' lpTimeProc parameter. This is the default.
%TIME_CALLBACK_EVENT_SET = 16 ' When the timer expires, Windows calls theSetEvent function to set the event
' pointed to by the lpTimeProc parameter. The dwUser parameter is ignored.
%TIME_CALLBACK_EVENT_PULSE = 32 ' When the timer expires, Windows calls thePulseEvent function to pulse the
' event pointed to by the lpTimeProc parameter. The dwUser parameter is ignored.

hMMTimer = timeSetEvent ( 2000, 10, CODEPTR(MMTimerProc), 0&, %TIME_PERIODIC OR %TIME_CALLBACK_FUNCTION )
SLEEP 11000
timeKillEvent hMMTimer
END FUNCTION
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kind Regards
Mike

[Peter Scheutz]

mike --

just posted another "timer" related piece of code.
have a looksee here: timer loop (messagepump with interval function call)

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best regards
peter scheutz

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