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4 hour Countdown Timer

Last post 12-20-2004 2:21 AM by alexreg. 8 replies.
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  • 12-16-2004 5:47 PM

    • rebina
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    4 hour Countdown Timer

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    Hi All,

    Anybody know how to write the program to control the 4 hour Countdown Timer? When strat run the current time will display in the label and strat display the countdown time. If the countdown timer already completed (4 hour) then will display a message. Thanks.
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  • 12-17-2004 12:27 AM In reply to

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    erm i havent reqally understood what it is your trying to do

    do you just what a display that counts down from 4 hours

    [4:00:00] to [0:00:00]

    yes,no,maybe??
    feel fre to e-mail me at:drogonevets@gmail.com

    enjoy and God bless!!
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  • 12-17-2004 12:52 AM In reply to

    • rebina
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    yup, what i want is what you say. can you help me for the coding. thanks.
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  • 12-17-2004 8:02 AM In reply to

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    how soon do you need it by??
    i made it aty college earlier

    but forget to send it home to finsih it and get the code annotated and stuff,

    i can A] restart here
    or you can b] wait til 4th jan where i can e-mail you the code
    feel fre to e-mail me at:drogonevets@gmail.com

    enjoy and God bless!!
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  • 12-17-2004 8:51 AM In reply to

    • alexreg
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    add a timer control called tmrCounter, set its interval = 1000, enabled = true (to run) and use this code.
    Code:
    Private lngCount As Long

    Private Sub tmrCounter_Timer()
       Const TIME_COUNT = 4 * 60 * 60
       
       Let lngCount = lngCount + 1
       
       If lngCount = TIME_COUNT Then
           Let tmrCounter.Enabled = False
           Let lngCount = 0
           Msgbox "Done!", vbInformation
       Else
           Let Label1.Caption = Format$(TIME_COUNT - lngCount, "hh:mm:ss")
       End If
    End Sub
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  • 12-19-2004 8:41 AM In reply to

    • MiguelS
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    Look at the "High-Performance Timer Objects" at click here
    It has a countdown timer with tick event and timer event.
    You can set the tick event to ocurr every second and the timer event will ocurr when the timer reaches 0.
    Miguel
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  • 12-19-2004 9:22 AM In reply to

    • alexreg
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    Wink [;)] 4 hour Countdown Timer

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    to be honest, that's a bit pointless when the code's so short anyway. it's best to stick to standard VB controls or make your own ones when necessary.
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  • 12-19-2004 9:41 PM In reply to

    • MiguelS
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    Quote:
    [1]Posted by alexreg on 19 Dec 2004 09:22 AM[/1]
    to be honest, that's a bit pointless when the code's so short anyway. it's best to stick to standard VB controls or make your own ones when necessary.


    The CCRP timer is far better than the intrinsic timer.
    1) It doesn't need a form.
    2) The resulution is 1 mSec.
    3) The period in not limited by an integer.
    4) It returns the time elapsed
    5) Is usefull for benchmarking.

    So , the advantage of using it is far beyond the solution of rebinas problem.
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  • 12-20-2004 2:21 AM In reply to

    • alexreg
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    hmm...that's your opinion.
    i can give you a 50-line class of mine that practically does all that.
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