At 8:36 PM +0200 2000/03/18, shay wrote:
>so what should we do ???
You're in uncharted territory. Beware of dragons! ;o)
>we need (i know i need) to use a timer of our own.
>i can't include an interval in the eventloop.
Why not? What are you trying to do? Sounds like something the OS doesn't support.
>i need a timer.
Sorry, you can't have one.
>can i use system alarm as a timer ?, i need less then a second for the timer
Procedure alarms are the supported mechanism for this type of thing, but their
resolution is 2 seconds minimum (1 future second + some fraction of the currently
executing second) and their based on real time, not interval time.
Have you considered an EvtGetEvent patch?
Regards,
Jim Schram
Palm Incorporated
Partner Engineering
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