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    Question Timers

    Is there a way to use more than one timer in a windows program through WM_TIMER in WndProc?
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    yes give them different ids.
    Last edited by Stoned_Coder; 02-28-2003 at 08:02 PM.
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    Could you give me an example of this?
    "Think not but that I know these things; or think
    I know them not: not therefore am I short
    Of knowing what I ought."
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    Look its not too hard.

    Code:
    In WM_CREATE ....
    
    SetTimer(hwnd,IDT_T1,5000,(TIMERPROC)NULL);
    SetTimer(hwnd,IDT_T2,1000,(TIMERPROC)NULL);
    
    in WM_TIMER.....
    
    case WM_TIMER:
         switch(wParam)
          {
              case: IDT_T1: // do stuff every 5 secs.
                        break;
              case: IDT_T2: // do stuff every second.
                        break;
            }
    Just like that.
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    Ok, thanks. I just wasn't sure what to put under WM_TIMER...
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    Of knowing what I ought."
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