Turn off TimerInit() ?

[VelvetElvis]

Near the beginning of my app, I have

$startTime = TimerInit()

Then I test it in a loop, taking action if it runs too long, then don't bother with it again.

Is there:

(1) a way to turn it off? (I'm not using #include <Timers.au3>, just the built-in functions.)

or

(2) any performance hit having an unneeded timer accumulating time for the rest of the time the app runs?

Thanks!

[johnmcloud]

Stop? TimerDiff "stop" it, show the difference and if you call TimerInit() again it start from 0

Don't understand how you use it in a loop, you use Do...Until or what?

$sec = "3000"
$timer = TimerInit()
Do
; Your Func
Until TimerDiff($timer) >= $sec

Edited February 25, 2013 by johnmcloud

[FireFox]

I think he wants to know if it's possible to release the ressources used by the function TimerInit.

[guinness]

Stop? TimerDiff "stop" it

Are you sure?

Example()

Func Example()
    Local Const $hTimer = TimerInit()
    Local $iDiff = 0, $iDiffPrevious = 0
    While 1
        $iDiff = Round(TimerDiff($hTimer))
        If Not ($iDiff = $iDiffPrevious) Then
            $iDiffPrevious = $iDiff
            ConsoleWrite($iDiff & @CRLF)
        EndIf
        If TimerDiff($hTimer) > 2000 Then ExitLoop
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

[johnmcloud]

Stop was between ""

Anyway i don't know if can be release the resources, TimerInt is like a DLLCall of QueryPerformanceCounter ( kernel32.dll )

[VelvetElvis]

I think he wants to know if it's possible to release the ressources used by the function TimerInit.

Thanks. Yes, that's correct

[Melba23]

VelvetElvis,

TimerInit uses no resources other than the variable in which you store the returned value. it is not a timer as such, it just returns a numerical timestamp which you can then use with TimerDiff to determine an elapsed time.

M23

[VelvetElvis]

Don't understand how you use it in a loop, you use Do...Until or what?

While 1
$target = _ImageSearch(@ScriptDir & "\Clips\test.gif", 1, $x1, $y1, 0); Testing only
If $target = 1 Then ExitLoop

; Timeout if Java hasn't loaded HOD in 30 seconds
If TimerDiff($startTime) > 30000 Then
     MsgBox(8208, $appname, "Timed out waiting for HOSTS icons to load." & @CRLF & "Please logon manually.")
     Exit
EndIf
Sleep(500)
WEnd

I could've used TimerDiff() instead of the "While 1" too. It's just in the initial stages.

[VelvetElvis]

VelvetElvis,

TimerInit uses no resources other than the variable in which you store the returned value. it is not a timer as such, it just returns a numerical timestamp which you can then use with TimerDiff to determine an elapsed time.

M23

Thanks M23. That's what I needed.