Create really long timers in MFC
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I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
When you start calculating 24 hours in milliseconds (86400000) then you do get big numbers. And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days, so I think your reluctance is very wise. There are alternative ways though - have a look at SetWaitableTimer. You can also set it to call a function at a certain time / date, so it may be more useful to you. Good luck, Iain.
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I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
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When you start calculating 24 hours in milliseconds (86400000) then you do get big numbers. And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days, so I think your reluctance is very wise. There are alternative ways though - have a look at SetWaitableTimer. You can also set it to call a function at a certain time / date, so it may be more useful to you. Good luck, Iain.
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It is Ok, but you misses a "0". If you have others timers than you better count up. Happy debugging by waiting 24 hours for the function :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:
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well, actually your point is of great help to me. If it can store 49 days at max then I'll buy that as I only need it max for 24 hours which is considerably lesser. Thanks a ton! Cage
Just be very careful - you have a strong risk of wraparound. Have a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/05/31/423407.aspx[^] for a very useful explanation. Iain.
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I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
Well, since the
Elapseargument of theSetTimercan take a maximum ofUSER_TIMER_MAXIMUM(i.e. on my system,0x7FFFFFFFmilliseconds, that is about25days) I'm happy with it. Moreover it isn't such a difficult task to make longer intervals using shorter ones. :)If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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When you start calculating 24 hours in milliseconds (86400000) then you do get big numbers. And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days, so I think your reluctance is very wise. There are alternative ways though - have a look at SetWaitableTimer. You can also set it to call a function at a certain time / date, so it may be more useful to you. Good luck, Iain.
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Iain Clarke wrote:
And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days
Actually is the half ;P , see [^]. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Well, since the
Elapseargument of theSetTimercan take a maximum ofUSER_TIMER_MAXIMUM(i.e. on my system,0x7FFFFFFFmilliseconds, that is about25days) I'm happy with it. Moreover it isn't such a difficult task to make longer intervals using shorter ones. :)If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Iain Clarke wrote:
And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days
Actually is the half ;P , see [^]. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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It is Ok, but you misses a "0". If you have others timers than you better count up. Happy debugging by waiting 24 hours for the function :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:
Greetings from Germany
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I hear you. I can make small timers, kill them and do 'settimer' repeatedly, but then being a lazy programmer - was thinking of skipping them and just have a one-shot timer :-D -Amit
cagespear wrote:
I can make small timers, kill them and do 'settimer' repeatedly
Counting isn't an option for you, is it?
cagespear wrote:
but then being a lazy programmer
No. It isn't an option. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
You can store datetime when application starts. Set some timer interval and read cureent time each time when receive WM_TIMER message. If the difference between application starting time and current time matches your requirement, take desired action.
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Iain Clarke wrote:
And 2^32 can only hold 49.7 days
Actually is the half ;P , see [^]. :-D
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]Well, my sums are accurate! If you're going to cheat and read the docs and find that SetTimer can only do 2^31-1, then shame on you! In my defense I was thinking of GetTickCount and wraparound. There are lots of ways of skinning his particular cat. I certainly wouldn't do a 24hr SetTimer - what if people chage the clock? Twice a year that gets done for you, etc... Iain.
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Well, my sums are accurate! If you're going to cheat and read the docs and find that SetTimer can only do 2^31-1, then shame on you! In my defense I was thinking of GetTickCount and wraparound. There are lots of ways of skinning his particular cat. I certainly wouldn't do a 24hr SetTimer - what if people chage the clock? Twice a year that gets done for you, etc... Iain.
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Iain Clarke wrote:
If you're going to cheat and read the docs and find that SetTimer can only do 2^31-1, then shame on you!
Shame on me! :-D
Iain Clarke wrote:
I certainly wouldn't do a 24hr SetTimer - what if people chage the clock? Twice a year that gets done for you, etc...
Do you think the timer would be affected (I really have no clue about but i suppose it shouldn't: it's a timer, not a clock!)?
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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Iain Clarke wrote:
If you're going to cheat and read the docs and find that SetTimer can only do 2^31-1, then shame on you!
Shame on me! :-D
Iain Clarke wrote:
I certainly wouldn't do a 24hr SetTimer - what if people chage the clock? Twice a year that gets done for you, etc...
Do you think the timer would be affected (I really have no clue about but i suppose it shouldn't: it's a timer, not a clock!)?
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]CPallini wrote:
Do you think the timer would be affected
I also doubt the timer would be affected - but its usefulness would depend on what the OP is trying to do. If it's "do something approximately a day later", then SetTimer would be fine, or checking GetTickCount on a more rapid timer. If it's "do something at the same time tomorrow, and the user will look at their clock and be puzzled why they started the program at 1pm and it's midday now..." then you need to do it a different way. It really depends on what (s)he's trying to do. Iain.
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CPallini wrote:
Do you think the timer would be affected
I also doubt the timer would be affected - but its usefulness would depend on what the OP is trying to do. If it's "do something approximately a day later", then SetTimer would be fine, or checking GetTickCount on a more rapid timer. If it's "do something at the same time tomorrow, and the user will look at their clock and be puzzled why they started the program at 1pm and it's midday now..." then you need to do it a different way. It really depends on what (s)he's trying to do. Iain.
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Well, timers and alarms are pretty different things, I suppose the OP knows about. But this is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. :rolleyes:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
With this small class you can create a timer up to 1193 Hours
#pragma once #include <string> typedef void (*TIMER_PROC)(UINT idEvent, void* obj); class CTimer { public: enum eTIME_TYPE { eONE_SHOT, ePERIOIDIC }; public: //--CONSTRUCTOR------------------------------------- CTimer(eTIME_TYPE _eType, DWORD _dWaitPeriod, TIMER_PROC _pFunct, LPVOID _pSegment); //--DESTRUCTOR-------------------------------------- virtual ~CTimer(); public: //--PUBLIC METHODS---------------------------------- inline const char* GetErrorMessage(){ return m_szError.c_str(); } UINT Start(); void Stop(); bool SetPeriod(DWORD _dwVal); eTIME_TYPE TimerType() { return m_eTimerType; } UINT GetTimerID(); protected: //--PROTECTED ATTRIBUTES---------------------------- TIMER_PROC m_pCALLBACKFUN; void* m_pSegm; eTIME_TYPE m_eTimerType; DWORD m_WaitPeriod; DWORD m_ThreadID; HANDLE m_hQuitEvent; HANDLE m_hThread; HANDLE m_hAdvisorThread; HANDLE m_hAdvise; HANDLE m_hQuitAdvisor; std::string m_szError; private: //--PRIVATE METHODS--------------------------------- static void TimerThread(void* _pParam); static void AdvisorThread(void* _pParam); };The implementation//--FILE INCLUDES-------------------------------------------------------- #include <windows.h> #include "Timer.h" //!--CONSTRUCTOR----------------------------------------------------------- // // Method Name: CTimer(..., ...., ...) // /*! Notes Constructor. */ //------------------------------------------------------------------------- CTimer::CTimer(eTIME_TYPE _eType, DWORD _dWaitPeriod, TIMER_PROC _pFunct, LPVOID _pSegment) { m_pCALLBACKFUN = NULL; m_pSegm = NULL; m_eTimerType = _eType; m_WaitPeriod = _dWaitPeriod; if( m_WaitPeriod == 0 ) m_WaitPeriod = 1; m_hThread = m_hAdvisorThread = NULL; m_ThreadID=0; m_pCALLBACKFUN = _pFunct; m_pSegm = _pSegment; m_hQuitEvent = ::CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL); m_hQuitAdvisor = ::CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL); m_hAdvise = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL); m_hAdvisorThread = ::CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)AdvisorThread, this, 0, 0); } //!--DESTRUCTOR------------------------------------------------------------- // // Method Name: ~CTimer() // /*! -
I have a requirement in my app where I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened. Clear case of using timers, but timers take input in "milisecs", is it a nice idea to give timers with very high interval like 24 hours which will come out to be - 24 * 3600 * 100 milisecs. Regards Amit
cagespear wrote:
...I need to take some action at lets say - 24 hours after the app has opened.
What if you created a scheduled task?
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Iain Clarke wrote:
If you're going to cheat and read the docs and find that SetTimer can only do 2^31-1, then shame on you!
Shame on me! :-D
Iain Clarke wrote:
I certainly wouldn't do a 24hr SetTimer - what if people chage the clock? Twice a year that gets done for you, etc...
Do you think the timer would be affected (I really have no clue about but i suppose it shouldn't: it's a timer, not a clock!)?
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]And here as well. :suss:
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Microsoft MVP - Visual C++[^]
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And here as well. :suss:
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Microsoft MVP - Visual C++[^]
Oh, don't bother too much. Sometimes I'm a bad guy really deserving downvoting. :rolleyes: BTW Thank you friend. :)
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