Timer in Console...

How do I manipulate the WM_TIMER message in a console program? Here is my code:

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#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>
void sleep(int milliseconds);
void time();
int main()
{
    HWND myhwnd;
    myhwnd = FindWindow("ConsoleWindowClass", NULL);
    SetTimer(myhwnd, 1, 1000, NULL);
    cout << "Hello." << endl;
    cout << "Exiting in 2 seconds.";
    sleep(2000);
    return 0;
}
void sleep(int milliseconds)
{
    Sleep(milliseconds);
}
void time()
{
    HWND myhwnd;
    myhwnd = FindWindow("ConsoleWindowClass", NULL);
    MessageBox(myhwnd, "Hello, this is a timer", "MOO!!", NULL);
} 


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I know there isn't much about timers in there, but if you all could just tell me how to manipulate WM_TIMER, I'd be grateful.

You need to setup a TimerProc callback

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[i]From MSDN[/i]
VOID CALLBACK TimerProc(
  HWND hwnd,         // handle to window
  UINT uMsg,         // WM_TIMER message
  UINT_PTR idEvent,  // timer identifier
  DWORD dwTime       // current system time
); 


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Then pass the address of TimerProc into SetTimer.

:)

Can you give me an example of how to do this? (Just fiddling with C++, really a complete newb...)

So no one has done this before?

You define whatever you want the timer to do in the TimerProc function (or whatever your function is called), then give SetTimer() a pointer to that function so it can call it whenever the timer goes off.

Crptcblade already gave you the function declaration, you just need to define its content:

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VOID CALLBACK TimerProc(
  HWND hwnd,        // handle to window
  UINT uMsg,        // WM_TIMER message
  UINT_PTR idEvent,  // timer identifier
  DWORD dwTime      // current system time
)
{
  // your code here
}

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Ok I fixed the error but the message box in the function is not showing up. Here is my code:

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//Includes
#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

//Globals
HWND myhwnd=FindWindow("ConsoleWindowClass", NULL);
//Function Prototypes
void sleep(int milliseconds);
VOID CALLBACK TimerProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, UINT_PTR idEvent, DWORD dwTime);
int main()
{
    SetTimer(myhwnd, 1, 1000, (TIMERPROC) &TimerProc);
    cout << "Hello." << endl;
    MessageBox(myhwnd, "Wow, I can make message boxes...haha", "WEEEEE!!!", MB_OK + MB_ICONSTOP);
    cout << "Exiting in 2 seconds.\n";
    //sleep(2000);
    return 0;
}
void sleep(int milliseconds)
{
    Sleep(milliseconds);
}
VOID CALLBACK TimerProc(
  HWND hwnd,         // handle to window
  UINT uMsg,         // WM_TIMER message
  UINT_PTR idEvent,  // timer identifier
  DWORD dwTime       // current system time
)
{
  MessageBox(myhwnd, "HELLO", "HELLO", MB_OK);
} 


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That doesn't work unless GetMessage is called - so it doesn't work in console apps.

Ok, so how do I make certain events fire off at a certain incrememnt in a console app?

You can create a high-performance timer, it's events are fired in a seperate thread.
Basically you don't have timers in console apps, they are designed for linear execution.