Timer question

[Andy]

Hi,

I start a timer:

STARTTIMER win,8000 (8 seconds)

But the program then waits 8 seconds before it runs the sub routine in the @timer section of the
handler.

Why does it wait 8 seconds? and is there a way to start it immediately (or near enough) and then repeat every 8 seconds?

Thanks,
Andy.

[LarryMc]

whatever the timer is doing every 8 seconds you need to put in a subroutine.
then, when you do this

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STARTTIMER win,8000 immediately execute

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timersub()
and then in your @TIMER handler execute

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timersub()

[Andy]

Thanks Larry,

Tested and working, sometimes you can miss the wood for the trees.
In other words, you can look to deeply at a problem when the answer is really simple.

Thanks again,
Andy.