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DarkLordTed



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DarkLordTed 10 Dec 2017, 15:39
Hello, I need some help! I need to have timer into DLL but until this timer is stanby the processor must be free to work other. I try to make loop with GetMessageA but result is not good.
Can you give me little example?
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revolution 10 Dec 2017, 15:46
You can use Sleep to delay execution.
Code:
invoke Sleep,1000 ;wait 1 second (1000 milliseconds)    
You can use WaitMessage to relinquish control when no message are in the queue.
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DarkLordTed



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DarkLordTed 10 Dec 2017, 17:09
Thank you!
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DimonSoft



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DimonSoft 11 Dec 2017, 11:57
DarkLordTed
I guess, it’s worth noting that you’ve probably divided your problem into two parts: easy and strange.

Asking for a blocking delay (synchronous) is really strange and, generally, smells like bad design. What problem are you REALLY trying to solve?
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Furs



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Furs 11 Dec 2017, 12:58
Maybe look at SetTimer?
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donn



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donn 12 Dec 2017, 17:57
If you're looking for something more high-resolution, I've been using QueryPerformanceCounter (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn553408(v=vs.85).aspx), which is encouraged over rdtsc/p. It's trickier to use than sleep/setTimer, but the overhead is 10s-100s of cycles with fine-grained results.

I've written some wrappers for them, but haven't spent much time on it. One version seems to work and notifies when x ms pass, or that x ms pass, the other function returns the same in microseconds. They're not tested enough, but seemed to time the correct amount of time elapsed so far. They use qpc mainly like this:

Code:
        sub rsp, 8*4
        mov rcx, [newTime.time.frequency]
        call [QueryPerformanceFrequency]
        add rsp, 8*4    


Save start time:
Code:
        mov rbx, [startTime.time]
        mov rdx, rbx
        add rdx, Time.duration                  ; Get Time.duration address
        mov r11, [rdx]
        mov qword [r11], 0                      ; Initialize as 0

        sub rsp, 8*4
        add rbx, Time.start
        mov rcx, [rbx]
        call [QueryPerformanceCounter]
        add rsp, 8*4    


query the delta time, divide by freq:

Code:
        sub rsp, 8*4
        mov rbx, [deltaTime.time]
        add rbx, Time.duration
        mov rcx, [rbx]
        call [QueryPerformanceCounter]
        add rsp, 8*4    


using a struc with ptrs:

Code:
        struc Time{
                .duration                               dq 0                    ;Address
                .frequency                              dq 0                    ;Address
                .start                                  dq 0                    ;Address
        }
    


I can post any 64-bit functions/the Time.inc file I'm using, but would need to test it a bit more and provide an integer result version. I'm currently outputting as single precision.
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