Timing program

[legion4weare1]

Hi there

I need to build a program that will do the following:

I need it to have a button that when pressed will begin counting in time (mm:ss), it needs to have a stop function as well, it will also need to be able to show a total time for each day.

I would require it to always be on top of whatever page is being viewed, and if it looked like a minimised media player type forma that would be great.

Any help and suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

[ozUkoG1T]

Well, You can always make a Thread which is a timer and as soon as the Button is pressed the WM_COMMAND should find the Button ID then using If statement it should call the thread via CreateThread(); then when The other Button is pressed an different thread should start which will terminate the other Thread. Using OpenProcess(); then calling

GetExitCodeProcess();
TerminateProcess();

Well, This is personally what method I would use but there are plenty more methods.

In Real-Time for highly accurate in which I mean till a millionth of a second or so You need to program in the Kernel Level which is quite easy but you have to use only Native Functions and Calls. Kernel Development is a very difficult subject to jump into since you need to understand how a OS works specifically the family of OS such as Windows , Mac , Linux , Unix , Solaris ...

Of course if any Beginner C++ programmer starts programming in the Kernel level there is almost 90 - 98 % chance that they will cause a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). Or even damage the hardware. Yes... It as happen to me a few week ago.

Back to subject ,
Well there is Forgers WINAPI book which shows how to make a timer. But I personally prefer my method.

Also please stop posting such a generic question since there is around dozen or so methods to do this.