GetTickCount.md

GetTickCount

Description

Returns number of ticks (1/60th second) since system startup.

FUNCTION GetTickCount : LONGINT;

def vs.GetTickCount():
    return LONGINT

Examples

VectorScript

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
tick1, tick2 :LONGINT;
BEGIN
tick1 := GetTickCount;
ForEachObject(ResetObject, (T=86));
tick2 := GetTickCount;
Message('Seconds elapsed equals: ', (tick2 - tick1) / 60);
END;
Run(Example);

Python

def ResetObjectWrap(h):
	vs.ResetObject(h)

def Example():
	tick1 = vs.GetTickCount()
	vs.ForEachObject(ResetObjectWrap, '((T=86))')
	tick2 = vs.GetTickCount()
	vs.Message('Seconds elapsed equals: ', (tick2 - tick1) / 60)

Example()

resultN := GetTickCount;

import vs

# Returns number of ticks (1/60th second) since system startup.
count = vs.GetTickCount()
vs.Message('GetTickCount returned: ' + str(count))

Version

Availability: from VectorWorks8.5

Category

• Utility