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Re: Win32Lib; Timed events

• Posted by ZNorQ <znorq at holh?ug.?om> May 19, 2008
• 675 views

Shawn Pringle wrote:
> 
> ZNorQ wrote:
> > 
> > CChris wrote:
> > > 
> > > ZNorQ wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have a couple of questions in regards to timed events in Win32Lib;
> > > > 
> > > > a) Why wont this code example work? (PS! The mbox is just another form
> > > > of
> message_box,</font></i>
> > > > and it works - this isn't the problem.)
> > > > 
> > > > procedure evnTIM_Timer (integer hControl, integer hEvent, sequence
> > > > uParameters)
> > > >   mbox("5 seconds just passed...")
> > > > end procedure
> > > > setTimer(fmMAF, 12, 5000)
> > > > setHandler(12, w32HTimer, routine_id("evnTIM_Timer"))
> 
> > It works now, not because I used the showMessage (I did, but that didn't
> > change
> > anything), but because I changed from timer ID 12 to 1... So, I guess you
> > can't
> > have 12 timers? (I don't have 12 timers, 12 was just a random number I
> > picked
> > for my routine..)
> > 
> > Thank for the feedback, though.. :)
> > 
> > Kenneth/ZNorQ
> 
> It works now, not because you picked a lower number.  
> setHandler takes a Window id - not a timer id, 1 just happens to be
> the same value as a Window id.

Yeah, when I finally understood how it was used, I kinda figured that out
myself. Thanks for the heads-up anyway. :)

ZNorQ