> I've tested with this result on POSE:
That's the problem. POSE is not speed limited, it runs as fast as the host
computer allows it to. Try your code on a device and you'll see the timing
is more accurate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:03 PM
Subject: Ticks per second = 356!!!!??
> Hi,
>
> I've tested with this result on POSE:
>
> SysTicksPerSecond() return 100
>
> BUT:
> {
> UInt32 startTime;
> startTime = TimGetSeconds();
> while (TimGetSeconds()==startTime){} //wait until end of the current
> second
> pref->ticksFor1sec = TimGetTicks(); //start of a second
> startTime++;
> while (TimGetSeconds()==startTime){} //wait for a second
> ticksFor1sec = TimGetTicks() - ticksFor1sec;
> }
>
> ticksFor1sec is 356!!!
>
> I use this value to test when user has pen down for 0.5 second:
>
> tickForHalfSec = ticksFor1sec / 2; //somewhere to init
>
> case penDownEvent:
> // .........
> penDownTick =TimGetTicks();
> break;
>
> case penUpEvent:
> UInt32 curTick;
> curTick = TimGetTicks();
> if (curTick-penDownTick >= tickForHalfSec){
> //do my stuff
> }
>
> Running this shows the ticks per second is really 356, but not 100! But
it's
> not happened on PalmSim! Should i use SysTicksPerSecond anymore?
>
> Thanks
>
> Edmund
>
>
>
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