_TimerCount and _TimerFreq Functions

Purpose

Combined, they return the time since Windows started and form the basis of the Timer function.

Syntax

x = _TimerCount

x = _TimerFreq

x : i64var

Description

_TimerFreq returns the frequency with which the timer is counted (1/1193190 - resolution, better as microseconds).

_TimerCount returns the number of counts since Windows began, the rate of the counts being determined by the frequency stored in _TimerFreq: hence, the value of Tmer - or the seconds elapsed since Windows began - is theoretically _TimerCount / _TimerFreq.

Example

OpenW 1

Dim a, b As Large, c As Double

a = _TimerCount

b = _TimerFreq

c = Timer

Print a      // Result

Print b

Print Round(a / b, 5), Round(c, 5)  // equal to Timer

Do

Sleep

Until Me Is Nothing

Remarks

When Timer is compared to (_TimerCount / _TimerFreq), the values aren't identical. This isn't a flaw in GFA-BASIC 32, but is due to fact that both functions aren't invoked at the same time.

See Also

Timer, oTimer, qTimer

{Created by Sjouke Hamstra; Last updated: 23/09/2014 by James Gaite}