Re: gettickcount returns a negative number???



On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:44:40 -0700, "Sam Hobbs"
<samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Have you not considered that before recommending it?

>I assume then that you don't have an answer to the question of why
>QueryPerformanceCounter is inappropriate.

Well, simplistically, GetTickCount is the time you have been alive

QueryPerformanceCounter is your rate of heart beat

Apples and Oranges


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