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| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</title> |
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| <section id="getsystemticks"> |
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| <bookmark_value>GetSystemTicks function</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147143" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130700.xhp" name="GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the number of system ticks provided by the operating system. You can use this function to optimize certain processes.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">GetSystemTicks()</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149233" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Long</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156152" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleWait</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim lTick As Long</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">lTick = GetSystemTicks()</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">wait 2000</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">lTick = (GetSystemTicks() - lTick)</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">MsgBox "" & lTick & " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"</paragraph> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph> |
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