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36 <topic id=
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37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]
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38 <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/
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41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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42 <lastedited date=
"2004-08-24T12:27:56">converted from old format - fpe
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46 <section id=
"getsystemticks">
47 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3147143"><bookmark_value>GetSystemTicks function
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49 <paragraph role=
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"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/sbasic/shared/03130700.xhp" name=
"GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]
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50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153750" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Returns the number of system ticks provided by the operating system. You can use this function to optimize certain processes.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153311" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Syntax:
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53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147242" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">GetSystemTicks()
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54 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3149233" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
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"5">Return value:
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55 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
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"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">Long
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56 <embed href=
"text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
57 <embed href=
"text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
58 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
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"7">Example:
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59 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3148943" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8">Sub ExampleWait
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146795" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Dim lTick As Long
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145069" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">lTick = GetSystemTicks()
</paragraph>
62 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147560" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">wait
2000</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149655" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">lTick = (GetSystemTicks() - lTick)
</paragraph>
64 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154938" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">MsgBox
"" & lTick
& " Ticks" ,
0,
"The pause lasted"</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150542" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">End Sub
</paragraph>