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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03130700"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> p.P1{ } </style></head><body> <help:paragraphinfo state="E" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="getsystemticks" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> <p class="Head1"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="1"/><help:key-word value="GetSystemTicks; function" tag="kw66474_1"/><help:link Id="66474">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</help:link></p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Returns the number of system ticks provided by the operating system. You can use this function to optimize certain processes.</p> <help:paragraphinfo state="E"/></help:to-be-embedded> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Syntax:</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>GetSystemTicks()</p> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Return value:</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Long</p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="S" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:embedded Id="66475" Eid="errorcode" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="S" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:embedded Id="66475" Eid="err5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Example:</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Sub ExampleWait</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Dim lTick As Long</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>lTick = GetSystemTicks()</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>wait 2000</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>lTick = <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>(GetSystemTicks() - lTick)</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>MsgBox "" & <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>lTick & " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>End Sub</p> <p class="PropText"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> </body></html>