Hello Roy!

Saturday September 14 1996 01:23, Roy McNeill wrote to Andrew Seeger:

AS>> 2... A clock routine, to display the clock and continually
AS>> updating it, i guess i will eventually work it out, but some
AS>> pointers (no pun intended) would be much appreciated.

RM> A simple way is to use Borland's gettime() function. Call it once
RM> during startup, and save the seconds figure. In your program's main
RM> idle loop, call gettime(), and compare the returned seconds with
RM> the saved seconds. If they differ, update your time display.

Done, i have now managed to get a routine going with the kbhit function.

RM> Don't update the display every time the idle loop loops. Screen
RM> writing can be very time consuming if overdone. If you have a
RM> profiler, learn how to use it.

Now i am buggered, what on earth is profiler, i have heard of the word but have
no idea what it is or does...

RM> Find the library reference manual (*the* most important book once
RM> you've got the hang of the language) and look up keyboard and i/o
RM> routines. Write lots of little tiny programs to get the feel of
RM> them.

Yes, i have been having a little read, especially when i want to do something
with my program, then i have to go and study up on a new function or routine.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
        Andrew.

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