On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, shay wrote:
> becuase i can not be depanded on running application, i need to do that in a
> shared library.
shay:
i think the biggest problem here is that it is unclear of *why* you want
a timer in the first place? i think the first thing you should do is
state exactly what you want to do (functionality of the program) and
then we might be able to understand why you need a timer. for all you
know - there may be a more elaborate mechanism (ie: no timer) to do
what you are after.
personally, i would see no need for a timer in an application running on
the Palm Computing Platform. the system is not a realtime operating
system. you cannot say "interrupt me in XXXX milliseconds" from within
an application. only system level calls (operating system) are able to
do this right now - and this wont change (from what i know).
incorporating a timer into the Palm device that is not part of the
operating system may produce some pretty unreliable/messed up results
with the device. the system is dependant on using its own resources,
and allowing programmers to interrupt the generic roles of the operating
system will only lead to chaos.
but the bottom line is.. WHY? what do you intend to write? if you
state your problem - we might be able to find a more elegant solution
to it (without the need for a timer) :P
cheers.
az.
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