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How can I best explain this... I'm am trying to code a prinout that will display periods "..." in succession in order to create a "information processing" type feel. I tried using the command: system("pause"), but it asks for a keypress to continue and that's not what I was going for. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can create this effect? I hope you understand what I am asking. =)
sleep(1000);
(might be sleep(1), don't remeber if its secs or millisecs)
Must be a different command in Microsoft Visual C++. I tried it and the compiler couldn't recognize the sleep command.
I believe it's located in dos.h
Still no. I added #include<dos.h> to my program and the compiler still didn't like the sleep command.
VC doesnt have Dos.h. You'll be looking for Sleep() I believe (Note the capital).
Also, if you're actually processing something then sleep isnt what you're looking for. You just want to add a new '.' to the line as things get done. Could be wrong here.
printf("Processing");
DoSomething(stuff);
printf(".");DoSomethingElse(morestuff);
printf(".");
DoSomethingMore(andstuffandstuff);
printf(".");
printf(" Done\n");
If you're just after a delay in the app where dots get displayed, then Sleep() is what you're after.
Perhaps I am missing something, but Sleep() doesn't work either. Here's what I got, but the compiler still complains.
Code:bool Id::verify(int, int){
if(id % 2 == 0 && pin % 2 == 0){
student s;
Menu start;
Sleep(1);
cout << ".......";
Sleep(1);
cout << "...";
start.printMenu();
return true;
}
The Sleep function suspends the execution of the current thread for a specified interval.
VOID Sleep(
DWORD dwMilliseconds // sleep time in milliseconds
);
Milliseconds. 1 millisecond is not very long. Compiler shouldnt be complaining. I'm assuming you included windows.h ... ? What error?
Plus, instead of this:
Sleep(1);
cout << ".......";
Sleep(1);
cout << "...";
try:
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
{
Sleep(200);
cout << ".";
}
Thanks all, I got it working. :)