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BASIC Source File  |  1999-05-06  |  402b  |  16 lines
  1. Attribute VB_Name = "WaitFuncs"
  2. Option Explicit
  3.  
  4. Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" () As Long
  5. ' Pause until GetTickCount shows the indicated
  6. ' time. This is accurate to within one clock tick
  7. ' (55 ms), not counting variability in DoEvents
  8. ' and Windows itself.
  9. Public Sub WaitTill(next_time As Long)
  10.     Do
  11.         DoEvents
  12.     Loop While GetTickCount() < next_time
  13. End Sub
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