GetTickCount timer, I need a 'DoEvents' or something

[scr0p]

This just runs a console window and nothing shows up, no errors.. VS.NET

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

void main()
{
	bool OK = 0;
	long TEMP = 0;
	long LASTTIME=0;
	long DELAY = 500;

	do
	{
		TEMP = GetTickCount();
		if (TEMP >= LASTTIME + DELAY)
		{
			cout << "Tick TocK\n";
		}
		LASTTIME = TEMP;
	}while(OK == 0);

}

[transcendental]

That's because Temp is never greater than (Lasttime + Delay).

[scr0p]

? The temp is the tickCount, it keeps on increasing every 1 ms.. it will be greater every 500ms, that's how the timer works. I fixed my problem, it was because I can't use \n I had to use endl;

cout << "Tick TocK\n";

changed to:

cout < "Tick Tock" << endl;

[transcendental]

That's because TEMP is always greater than (0 + 500), unless your computer takes less than 500 milliseconds to boot.

[scr0p]

No, you are missing the bottom part.

LASTTIME = TEMP;

That will make LASTTIME = to the tickCount, so itll look soemthing like this:

lets say uptime is 1000,

if 1000 > 0 + 500 (if 1000 > 500 then "OK")
{
cout << "OK"
}
if 1000 > 1000 + 500 (if 1000 > 1500 then "500 ms passed, OK")
{
cout << "OK"
}

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TEMP = GetTickCount();
if (TEMP >= LASTTIME + DELAY)
{
cout << "Tick TocK"<<endl;
}
LASTTIME = TEMP;

But the execution time between them (Blue statements) is less than 1 ms before they are assigned a new value again.

I'm running on VS.Net too and it only displays "Tick Tock" once.

[scr0p]

tHat code is old sry, the LASTTIME = TEMP;
goes under the cout << inside the if statement, I forgot I changed that in my own code.