From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
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Subject: Re: Help with Timer function
Date: 18 Feb 1998 00:26:19 GMT
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> Subject:	Help with Timer function
> From:	Daryl Johnson <spyder AT ravine DOT binary DOT net>
> Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 1998 03:57:55 -0600
> 
> Hello,
> 
>     I am relatively new to C and DJGPP. I am working on a
>     a program that
> administers a test to an individual.  The test is in
> four parts. Each part
> needs to have a time limit.  What I am attempting to do
> is show the time
> in the upper right hand corner of the screen, the timer
> will show the
> tester how much time is left. When the time has expired
> the program will
> go on to the next portion of the test. I am not sure how
> to accomplish
> this.  Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks in
> advance for your
> assistance. spyder.

Hey, is this the same "Spyder" who washed dishes at the Blue Bird Cafe in the
early ninties?  In any case, you will find lots of information on useful
functions in the documentation by invoking info.exe with this command:

info libc functional time

That works, but I have seen others using a stranger and probably more correct
way of invoking info.

--Ed (Myknees)