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Timers and memory leaks
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06/04/2011 15:53:30
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 7
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01506284
Message ID:
01506294
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68
>>>I have found VFP timers to be unreliable when left to run in perpetuity. Instead I call my .exe from the windows scheduler every few minutes and my .exe itself shuts down after completing its checks.
>>>
>>>Also, instead of a timer you could just induce a delay between loops by calling the Windows API Sleep .
>>
>>Also, I think we have cpptimer.fll, do you think it's worth trying to use that instead of the VFP timer?
>
>I Googled for cpptimer.fll and found the BBControls Homepage which listed it as free software with the source code; however, the download link for the FLL was not working. Can you send me a copy of the program as I would like to try it as well. Thanks.


Here the working link:
http://www.bbcontrols.com/flls/cppTimer.zip
also Download #9315
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