by Mitch Mooney (1 Submission)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(38 Votes)
TimeDelay fuction is good for when you want to time out a loop, in milliseconds.
Does'nt use a timer control, Uses simple api declare.
Inputs
Delay as Long, milliseconds
Assumes
Create a module with the following api declare and function
Usage can be
Do
FuncThatRetunsTrue
MoreCode
EctEct
Loop until ( FuncThatRetunsTrue=True) or (TimeDelay(60000)=True)
Code Returns
TimeDelay as boolean, turns turn if time reached,else false
API DeclarationsDeclare Function GetTickCount& Lib "kernel32" ()
VBcoders
Public Function TimeDelay(ByVal Delay As Long) As Boolean
Static Start As Long
Dim Elapsed As Long
If Start = 0 Then 'if start is 0 then set a
Start = GetTickCount 'Static value to compare
End If
Elapsed = GetTickCount
If (Elapsed - Start) >= Delay Then
TimeDelay = True
Start = 0 'Remember to reset start
Else: TimeDelay = False 'once true so subsquent
End If 'calls wont "spoof" on you!
End Function
