Visual Basic - The Best Typewriting Code!

[vb Legend]

'Virtually the best typewriting code available.
'All others i have seen are much longer.
'I am now currently working on a "wait" function
'so there is no need for a timer.

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Typewrite "Testing"
End Sub

Private Function Typewrite(Word As String)
'Function Simply Processes Effect Of A Typewriter.
Static NextChar As Integer 'Move onto the next character.
Dim Length As Integer 'Used for increasing length.
Dim Display As String 'Letters to display.
NextChar = NextChar + 1 'Move onto the next letter.
Length = Length + 1 'Increase the length of the word.
Display = Mid$(Word, NextChar, Length) 'What to display.
Label1.Caption = Label1.Caption & Display 'Display!
End Function

If anyone has any ideas how to include a wait function then please offer me your opinions.

[Ecniv]

Originally posted by vb Legend

'Virtually the best typewriting code available.
'All others i have seen are much longer.
'I am now currently working on a "wait" function
'so there is no need for a timer.

Public sub Typewrite(byval strWord As String, byval dteDelayFor as date)
'Function Simply Processes Effect Of A Typewriter.
 Dim dteDisp as Date 'DateTime to disp after
 Dim lngCtr as long

  for lngCtr = 0 to len(strWord)
      Label1.Caption = mid$(strWord,1,lngCtr)
      dteDisp = now + dteDelay
      do until now>dteDisp
         ' Delay around here
      loop
  next
End sub

This sort of works, but not brilliantly. Probably need the gettickcount api call to get a more accurate time.
To run :
TypeWrite "Testing",Cdate("0:0:01")


Vince

[vb Legend]

A nice way to configure the delay.

Im just re-arranging it so that it delays between each letter appearing.

The reason why i am doing these basic code's is because i am currently working on a module file, that is an archive of functions that people can use. Im just gonna keep adding simple functions and subs similar to this one.

[dsheller]

Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTickCount" () As Long
 
Private Sub Wait ( msDelay as Long ) 
 
     Dim lngLastTick as Long
 
     lngLastTick = GetTickCount
 
     Do While (lngLastTick + msDelay) >= GetTickCount
     Loop
 
End Sub

You should add a doevents inside the do while loop if you want your program not to be "frozen"