Question

I want create timer in my program so that I can cause it to rerun every minute and I don’t know how to do it in a C++ Application. In C# I could just create a timer but I’m struggling here now…

sleep(); is not an option because as far as I know it makes your program inactive for X seconds, I need my app to be active and working, calculating all the time. This is because my code is used to constantly input information into a MS Access table. I was able to create the necessary components of my code to connect and perform the insert/update to the table but this is just on of the many components to the code that I am creating. Please help me with this little (or big?) problem, I’m very new to C++ and learning ATM, but I am developing a fast learning curve. Thanks

Answer 1

I suppose you work on Windows, since you mentioned C#. So take a look at SetTimer, and if it is a MFC app, then look at CWnd::SetTimer.