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If ‘startTick’ is less than 0 which is a value that GETTICKCOUNT() will never return, then a 0 will be
returned.
GETTICKSINCE (startTick)
Function
Returns:
INTEGER A value in the range 0 to 0x7FFFFFFF (2,147,483,647) in units of
milliseconds.
startTickr
byVal startTick AS INTEGER
This is a variable that was updated using the return value from GETTICKCOUNT()
and it is used to calculate the time elapsed since that update.
Interactive Command: No
Related Commands: GETTICKCOUNT
DIM startTick, elapseMs
startTick = GETTICKCOUNT()
… do something
elapseMs = GETTICKSINCE(startTick)
PRINT “\nsomthing took “;elapseMS; “msec to process”
GETTICKCOUNT is a core subroutine.
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