Implement a Timer without a Timer Control

Category:

System/API

Type:

Modules

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

m.posseth

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

This is a module that works like a timer except:

1: it works from code ( so youre app doesn`t need a form)
2: the value is as you want minutes , hours , days
3: driven from windows own timer function so the speed of the computer doesn`t affect it
4: Less resources used

You must use it at the right way ( see documetation ) otherwise youre program or worse computer will crash.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download codetimer.zip