C / C++ / MFC

UINT TimerId = SetTimer(NULL, 0/*Ignored*/, 5000, NULL);

MSG m;
BOOL bOk;
while ( (bOk=GetMessage(&m, NULL, 0, 0)) && bOk!=-1 )
{
    DispatchMessage(&m);
    if ( m.message==WM_TIMER && m.wParam==TimerId )
    {
        break;
    }
}

KillTimer(NULL, TimerId);

error C2660: 'SetTimer' : function does not take 4 parameters<br />
error C2660: 'KillTimer' : function does not take 2 parameters 

ewighell wrote:

in fact, it dosen't matter how long the time delay is set to be. I set it one milisecond, it works too

MSG m;
while ( PeekMessage(&m, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) )
{
	DispatchMessage(&m);
}

"The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

DavidCrow wrote:

Please read #7 here.

Roland Pibinger wrote:

Hm, at least "EXTEIDE is freeware". It's an announcement rather than advertising or soliciting.

DanYELL wrote:

For some reason, I cant get any simple program...to compile...

DanYELL wrote:

...but I keep getting
an error with that line.

"The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

DanYELL wrote:

If I type #include , I get:

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'fstream.h': No such file or directory

DanYELL wrote:

Here is a common error I get using CString:

error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 2 from
'CString' to 'const char *'

"The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

DanYELL wrote:

if(strlen(ps->Text)==0)
return 2 * ps->PointSize;

_tcscpy()<br />
_tcslen()

"The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

DanYELL wrote:

Cannot open include file: 'fstream.h':

Michael Dunn wrote:

The C++ std library headers ending in ".h" are very old, and apparently VC8 finally removed them