Timer

Hi
I want to count time to execute the following loop.
Suppose
For i=1 To 5000
...........
.........
next i

would you please let me know how could I use the timer to count that time.

Thanks a lot.
Razzaqul

are you talking about measuring the time it takes to execute the loop?

if so, don't use a timer - do something like this:

VB Code:

Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim I As Long, lTimer As Long
    
    lTimer = GetTickCount
    For I = 1 To 5000
        ' Your Code
    Next I
    Debug.Print "Time Taken: " & GetTickCount - lTimer
End Sub

that's good to about 15 milliseconds - if you want more accurate results then you have to use more code (& different API)

Would it be appropriate to use something like this?

VB Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim StartTime, EndTime, ElapsedTime As Single
    StartTime = Timer
    For i = 1 To 5000
        'your code here
    Next i
    EndTime = Timer
    ElapsedTime = EndTime - StartTime
    Debug.Print ElapsedTime
End Sub

ElapsedTime should hold the time to the millisecond that the procedure took, yes?

The timer has a granularity of 1ms (can be set to the nearest ms), but its accuracy is about 50ms +/- any routines that keep it from getting clock ticks - so GetTickCount is 3 times as accurate if nothing else is running, and better if something is.