Anything like a doevents function?

[SteveCRM]

I am trying to make a stopwatch program...but I keep freezing the program (at least it doesn't freeze C++ like VB froze itself)...

This is the code that does the actual time management:

Pause(50000);
                int active = 1;
                int milli = 0;
                int secs = 0;
                int mins =0;

                while(active==1)  {
                    milli++;
                    if(milli>=10) {
                        milli=0;
                        secs++;
                    }
                    if(secs>=60)  {
                        secs=0;
                        mins++;
                    }
                    char buf[40];
                    int m = milli;
                    itoa(m, buf, 10); // 10 is the radix (number base)
                    SendMessage(ghWnd_milli, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM) (LPCTSTR) itoa(m, buf, 10));
                    int s = secs;
                    itoa(s, buf, 10); // 10 is the radix (number base)
                    SendMessage(ghWnd_secs, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM) (LPCTSTR) itoa(s, buf, 10));
                    int mi = mins;
                    itoa(mi, buf, 10); // 10 is the radix (number base)
                    SendMessage(ghWnd_mins, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM) (LPCTSTR) itoa(mi, buf, 10));


//=======NOW IS A PAUSE FUNCTION=========
void Pause(unsigned long amount)
{  //creates a delay with the duration of amount.
  unsigned long t = GetTickCount();
  while((GetTickCount() - t) < amount);
} 

how do I stop it from freezing?