Periodical update - timer

[pb-user]

Hello,

after a lot of tests and search of "Timer" topics I would like to raise my question because of no existing solution. I hope somone can give me a hint

I would like to update a webcam picture at every 15 minutes. First I used timer event, but this is not accurate. Because I would like to update it on e.g. 01:00.00, 01.15.00... The next solution was to put into the EventID-loop a check of the current time (minutes and seconds only) after this check if is e.g. 02:00:00am to perform an action.

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 Time$ = FormatDate("%ii:%ss", Date())
 If Time$="00:00" Or Time$="15:00" Or Time$="30:00" Or Time$="45:00"
   StatusBarText(0, 2, Time$, #PB_StatusBar_Center) ; Statusbar shows last update
endif

The problem is now, if the window is not active or has no focus the check passed the time and nothing happens.

All tips and ideas welcome.

[blueznl]

Use a combination of the two. Set a timer for every second, and when the timer triggers check if the clock matches the proper time, otherwise just wait for the next timer event.

[pb-user]

blueznl,

thx for your tip. I will try it.

[Psychophanta]

Perhaps this could be help you in windows:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 12&t=46586

[pjay]

The code you posted should work fine - if you're using WaitWindowEvent in your main loop, ensure you're also using a timeout value, see the example below (using 15 second intervals).

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OpenWindow(1,4,4,240,320,"",#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)
ListViewGadget(1,4,4,232,312)

Date_Target = (Date() - (Date() %15)) + 15
SetWindowTitle(1,"Target Time: "+FormatDate("%hh:%ii:%ss",Date_Target))

Repeat
  event = WaitWindowEvent(200)
  If Date() => Date_Target
    Date_Target = Date()+15
    AddGadgetItem(1,-1,"Hit target time @"+ FormatDate("%hh:%ii:%ss",Date()))
    SetWindowTitle(1,"Target Time: "+FormatDate("%hh:%ii:%ss",Date_Target))
  EndIf
Until event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

[Psychophanta]

That's right pjay,
anyway i just treated to show an elegant way to manage timers under MS windows using just the functions in my code.
Multimedia timers are all purpose timers, not only for window & gadget stuff.