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| author | Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> |
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| date | Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:31:35 +0000 |
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| 4 >SDL_SetTimer</TITLE | |
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7 CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ |
| 0 | 8 "><LINK |
| 9 REL="HOME" | |
| 10 TITLE="SDL Library Documentation" | |
| 11 HREF="index.html"><LINK | |
| 12 REL="UP" | |
| 13 TITLE="Time" | |
| 14 HREF="time.html"><LINK | |
| 15 REL="PREVIOUS" | |
| 16 TITLE="SDL_RemoveTimer" | |
| 17 HREF="sdlremovetimer.html"></HEAD | |
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| 19 CLASS="REFENTRY" | |
| 20 BGCOLOR="#FFF8DC" | |
| 21 TEXT="#000000" | |
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| 26 CLASS="NAVHEADER" | |
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28 SUMMARY="Header navigation table" |
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| 30 BORDER="0" | |
| 31 CELLPADDING="0" | |
| 32 CELLSPACING="0" | |
| 33 ><TR | |
| 34 ><TH | |
| 35 COLSPAN="3" | |
| 36 ALIGN="center" | |
| 37 >SDL Library Documentation</TH | |
| 38 ></TR | |
| 39 ><TR | |
| 40 ><TD | |
| 41 WIDTH="10%" | |
| 42 ALIGN="left" | |
| 43 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 44 ><A | |
| 45 HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" | |
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| 50 WIDTH="80%" | |
| 51 ALIGN="center" | |
| 52 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 53 ></TD | |
| 54 ><TD | |
| 55 WIDTH="10%" | |
| 56 ALIGN="right" | |
| 57 VALIGN="bottom" | |
| 58 > </TD | |
| 59 ></TR | |
| 60 ></TABLE | |
| 61 ><HR | |
| 62 ALIGN="LEFT" | |
| 63 WIDTH="100%"></DIV | |
| 64 ><H1 | |
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| 66 NAME="SDLSETTIMER" | |
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| 75 >Name</H2 | |
| 76 >SDL_SetTimer -- Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has | |
| 77 elapsed.</DIV | |
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| 79 CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV" | |
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| 84 >Synopsis</H2 | |
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| 91 ></P | |
| 92 ><PRE | |
| 93 CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO" | |
| 94 >#include "SDL.h"</PRE | |
| 95 ><P | |
| 96 ><CODE | |
| 97 ><CODE | |
| 98 CLASS="FUNCDEF" | |
| 99 >int <B | |
| 100 CLASS="FSFUNC" | |
| 101 >SDL_SetTimer</B | |
| 102 ></CODE | |
| 103 >(Uint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback);</CODE | |
| 104 ></P | |
| 105 ><P | |
| 106 ></P | |
| 107 ></DIV | |
| 108 ></DIV | |
| 109 ><DIV | |
| 110 CLASS="REFSECT1" | |
| 111 ><A | |
| 112 NAME="SDLTIMERCALLBACK" | |
| 113 ></A | |
| 114 ><H2 | |
| 115 >Callback</H2 | |
| 116 ><P | |
| 117 >/* Function prototype for the timer callback function */ | |
| 118 typedef Uint32 (*SDL_TimerCallback)(Uint32 interval);</P | |
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| 125 ><H2 | |
| 126 >Description</H2 | |
| 127 ><P | |
| 128 >Set a callback to run after the specified number of milliseconds has | |
| 129 elapsed. The callback function is passed the current timer interval | |
| 130 and returns the next timer interval. If the returned value is the | |
| 131 same as the one passed in, the periodic alarm continues, otherwise a | |
| 132 new alarm is scheduled.</P | |
| 133 ><P | |
| 134 >To cancel a currently running timer, call | |
| 135 <TT | |
| 136 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 137 >SDL_SetTimer(0, NULL);</TT | |
| 138 ></P | |
| 139 ><P | |
| 140 >The timer callback function may run in a different thread than your | |
| 141 main constant, and so shouldn't call any functions from within itself.</P | |
| 142 ><P | |
| 143 >The maximum resolution of this timer is 10 ms, which means that if | |
| 144 you request a 16 ms timer, your callback will run approximately 20 ms | |
| 145 later on an unloaded system. If you wanted to set a flag signaling | |
| 146 a frame update at 30 frames per second (every 33 ms), you might set a | |
| 147 timer for 30 ms (see example below).</P | |
| 148 ><P | |
| 149 >If you use this function, you need to pass <TT | |
| 150 CLASS="LITERAL" | |
| 151 >SDL_INIT_TIMER</TT | |
| 152 > | |
| 153 to <TT | |
| 154 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 155 >SDL_Init()</TT | |
| 156 >.</P | |
| 157 ><DIV | |
| 158 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 159 ><BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 160 CLASS="NOTE" | |
| 161 ><P | |
| 162 ><B | |
| 163 >Note: </B | |
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164 >This function is kept for compatibility but has been superseded |
| 0 | 165 by the new timer functions |
| 166 <A | |
| 167 HREF="sdladdtimer.html" | |
| 168 >SDL_AddTimer</A | |
| 169 > and | |
| 170 <A | |
| 171 HREF="sdlremovetimer.html" | |
| 172 >SDL_RemoveTimer</A | |
| 173 > which support | |
| 174 multiple timers.</P | |
| 175 ></BLOCKQUOTE | |
| 176 ></DIV | |
| 177 ></DIV | |
| 178 ><DIV | |
| 179 CLASS="REFSECT1" | |
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| 183 ><H2 | |
| 184 >Examples</H2 | |
| 185 ><P | |
| 186 ><PRE | |
| 187 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" | |
| 188 >SDL_SetTimer((33/10)*10, my_callback);</PRE | |
| 189 ></P | |
| 190 ></DIV | |
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| 196 ><H2 | |
| 197 >See Also</H2 | |
| 198 ><P | |
| 199 ><A | |
| 200 HREF="sdladdtimer.html" | |
| 201 ><TT | |
| 202 CLASS="FUNCTION" | |
| 203 >SDL_AddTimer</TT | |
| 204 ></A | |
| 205 ></P | |
| 206 ></DIV | |
| 207 ><DIV | |
| 208 CLASS="NAVFOOTER" | |
| 209 ><HR | |
| 210 ALIGN="LEFT" | |
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| 218 ><TD | |
| 219 WIDTH="33%" | |
| 220 ALIGN="left" | |
| 221 VALIGN="top" | |
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| 230 VALIGN="top" | |
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| 237 WIDTH="33%" | |
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| 239 VALIGN="top" | |
| 240 > </TD | |
| 241 ></TR | |
| 242 ><TR | |
| 243 ><TD | |
| 244 WIDTH="33%" | |
| 245 ALIGN="left" | |
| 246 VALIGN="top" | |
| 247 >SDL_RemoveTimer</TD | |
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| 261 > </TD | |
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| 264 ></DIV | |
| 265 ></BODY | |
| 266 ></HTML | |
| 267 > |