[ T I M E R C O N T R O L ! ] - help ??

hi!~ im doing this for school ...for my game.. and im trying to make my timer .. to count backwards (10, 9, 8, 7, 6,5,4,..) etc

it involves a command button and a timer control . ~ when i try to do it.. nothing happens.. please help me (im still a beginner >_<")

thank you~~


Private Sub CmdSolve_Click()
CountdownTimer.Interval = 1
CountdownTimer.Enabled = True
CountdownTimer = 1000
End Sub

Private Sub CountdownTimer_Timer()
Dim ElapsedTime As Integer
ElaspedTime = 5000
ElapsedTime = ElapsedTime - CountdownTimer.Interval
LblTimer.Caption = ElapsedTime
If ElapsedTime = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Your Time has expired. Thank you for playing.")
End If
End Sub


Private Sub Form_Load()
CountdownTimer.Enabled = False
End Sub

VB Code:

Private Sub CmdSolve_Click()
CountdownTimer.Interval = 1000
CountdownTimer.Enabled = True
End Sub
 
Private Sub CountdownTimer_Timer()
Dim ElapsedTime As Integer
ElaspedTime = 5000
ElapsedTime = ElapsedTime - 1
LblTimer.Caption = ElapsedTime
If ElapsedTime = 0 Then
MsgBox ("Your Time has expired. Thank you for playing.")
End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
CountdownTimer.Enabled = False
End Sub

interval uses milliseconds, not seconds...so for each 1 second you put 1000 up to 60000 (or something around there)...that code should work

Although your problem might be that you have "ElaspedTime = 5000" in the code at the same point as the reduction...so I am guessing it'll always say 4999 :-)

A few fixes:

VB Code:

Dim iSeconds As Integer
 
Private Sub CmdSolve_Click()
 
  iSeconds = 5
  lblTimer.Caption = iSeconds
  CountdownTimer.Interval = 1000
  CountdownTimer.Enabled = True
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub CountdownTimer_Timer()
 
  iSeconds = iSeconds - 1
  lblTimer.Caption = iSeconds
  If iSeconds = 0 Then
    MsgBox ("Your Time has expired. Thank you for playing.")
    CountdownTimer.Enabled = False
  End If
  
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
CountdownTimer.Enabled = False
End Sub