Loop with delay or timer function

[CyberCarsten]

Hi all!
I want to make a loop that decrease a variable by one each time it loops. This I have covered so far, but I also want the loop to wait 1 or 2 secs. before it loops again.... Is this possible???

[parksie]

How accurate does it need to be?

for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
// Do something
Sleep(1000); // Pause for 1 second
}

[HarryW]

You can use GetTickCount() to return a long integer containing the number of milliseconds the system has been running. If you check the difference between the current time and a start time you can wait until a second has passed, independant of how long the code in your loop takes to execute (assuming it doesn't take more than 1 second). You can do it like this:


long LastTime = GetTickCount();

for(int i=5; i>0; i--)
{ // Do something
while(GetTickCount() < LastTime + 1000); // Pause for 1 second
LastTime = GetTickCount();
}

[parksie]

You can get 1ms resolution by using the multimedia timers.

[CyberCarsten]

I think you suggestion will do parksie! Thanks to you and Harry! :)