Date: 2016apr23 Update: 2026oct7 OS: Windows Platform: win32 Keywords: InitTimer, StartTimer Language: C/C++ Q. Windows: How to have timer without a thread A. Use Windows' timers. Initialize it:

enum { IDT_TIMER1 = 1000 }; // Any positive integer will do SetTimer(hwnd, // handle to main window IDT_TIMER1, // timer identifier 10000, // 10-second interval NULL); // Send a windows message, don't call a function

Then you'll get a WM_TIMER message:

switch(message) { case WM_TIMER: switch (wParam) { case IDT_TIMER1: // Do something with the timer return 0; }

Stop it:

KillTimer(hwnd, IDT_TIMER1);