Re: Timer in a conmsole application

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"Lubomir" <Lubomir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have implemented a timer in a console application. In SetTimer function
> I
> specified a callback function, which should execute every X seconds.
>
> The problem is this this function is never called. I guess it has
> something
> to do with windows messages dispatching.
>
> Any idea what should I do?

I see that James has already explained the immediate cause of your problem.

You also have the option to use timeSetEvent() with the TIME_PERIODIC flag.
This will dispatch the timer callback in a secondary thread.

Regards,
Will



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