Elapsed time for a timer control

Hi,

Is it possible to display the elapsed time for a timer control before the
Timer event is triggered;something like a decrementing counter to display the
count down?

Thanks,
kd

Andrew
Wed Jun 29 07:53:57 CDT 2005

Not inherrently. However, this is fairly simple to achieve.

Make the interval something smaller than you want.

Say you require a 10 second delay and would like a 1 second countdown

Subclass the timer, CountDownTimer and add a property for the total delay,
iTotalDelay. Also add a Count property, iCount.

Add a Method for the Final Timer Event, FinalTimer

Set the iCount to 0

Now, in the Timer Event put the following

with this
.iCount = .iCount + 1
if .iCount = int(.iTotalDelay / .Interval)
.iCount = 0
.FinalTimer()
else
wait window alltrim(str(int(.iTotalDelay / .Interval) - .iCount, 12,
0)) nowait
endif
endwith

Drop the CountDownTimer and set the properties

Interval = 1000
.iTotalDelay = 10000
And put code in the FinalTimer Method.

Andrew R.

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: Hi,
:
: Is it possible to display the elapsed time for a timer control before the
: Timer event is triggered;something like a decrementing counter to display
the
: count down?
:
: Thanks,
: kd
: