Timer's

Hi

I want to create a control to replace the standard timer control which comes with VB as its interval is too small. So I built an ActiveX Control and put the relevant settimer and killtimer functions. But to recieve the timer events I must call the Addressof Function and this function only works with functions in a module. But if I move the timerproc function (the function which received notifications of the Timer) to a module then I cannot raise the timer event for the control. So How do i get out of this Catch 22

Thanks in advance

Appi

You can use the Friend keyword and a reference to the usercontrol, i.e.

In a standard module in the ActiveX Control Project:

VB Code:

Private Declare Function SetTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long, ByVal uElapse As Long, ByVal lpTimerFunc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function KillTimer Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIDEvent As Long) As Long
 
Private lTimerHnd As Long
 
' Store a reference to the Usercontrol
' so we can call "Friendly" Subs/Functions.
Private oTimerCtrl As ayTimer
 
' Public Sub to Set the Timer, Requires an Interval in ms and
' a reference to the calling Usercontrol
Public Sub modSetTimer(ByVal Interval As Long, ByRef oTmr As ayTimer)
    ' Only set the timer if the existing one has been terminated
    If lTimerHnd = 0 Then
        Set oTimerCtrl = oTmr
        lTimerHnd = SetTimer(0, 1, Interval, AddressOf TimerProc)
    End If
End Sub
 
Public Sub modStopTimer()
    ' Stop the existing Timer
    If lTimerHnd Then
        Call KillTimer(0, lTimerHnd)
        lTimerHnd = 0
        Set oTimerCtrl = Nothing
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub TimerProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal Msg As Long, ByVal idEvent As Long, ByVal dwTime As Long)
    ' Raise the "Friend" Sub in the Usercontrol which in turn
    ' Raises the TimerFire Event for the Control
    oTimerCtrl.RaiseTimerEvent
End Sub

In the User Control (I've named it ayTimer):

VB Code:

Private bFiring As Boolean
Private bEnabled As Boolean
Private lInterval As Long
 
' Timer Event
Event TimerFire()
 
' Friendly Sub used to Raise the Event from the standard module
Friend Sub RaiseTimerEvent()
    RaiseEvent TimerFire
End Sub
 
' Retreive the Timer Control Properties
Private Sub UserControl_ReadProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
    bEnabled = PropBag.ReadProperty("Enabled", True)
    lInterval = PropBag.ReadProperty("Interval", 0)
    StartTimer
End Sub
 
' Store the Timer Control Properties
Private Sub UserControl_WriteProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("Enabled", bEnabled)
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("Interval", lInterval)
End Sub
 
' Stop the Timer if it's going when the control is destroyed
Private Sub UserControl_Terminate()
    If bFiring Then
        modStopTimer
        bFiring = False
    End If
End Sub
 
' Return the Timer Interval
Public Property Get Interval() As Long
    Interval = lInterval
End Property
 
' Set the Timer Interval
Public Property Let Interval(ByVal vNewValue As Long)
    lInterval = vNewValue
    If lInterval = 0 Then
        StopTimer
    Else
        StartTimer
    End If
End Property
 
' Return the Timers "Enabled" status
Public Property Get Enabled() As Boolean
    Enabled = bEnabled
End Property
 
' Set the Timers "Enabled" status
Public Property Let Enabled(ByVal vNewValue As Boolean)
    bEnabled = vNewValue
    If Not bEnabled Then
        StopTimer
    Else
        StartTimer
    End If
End Property
 
' Start the Timer (only at runtime)
Private Sub StartTimer()
    If Not UserControl.Ambient.UserMode Then Exit Sub
    If bEnabled And lInterval > 0 Then
        StopTimer
        Call modSetTimer(lInterval, Me)
        bFiring = True
    End If
End Sub
 
' Stop the Timer (only at runtime)
Private Sub StopTimer()
    If Not UserControl.Ambient.UserMode Then Exit Sub
    If bFiring Then
        Call modStopTimer
    End If
    bFiring = False
End Sub