http://www.javaop.com/~joe/VB6/SystrayUptime.zip
Source and binary included.
This does some nifty little API calls and makes a tray icon. It displays the system uptime (now "System uptime: 4 days, 1 hour, and 40 minutes") to minute precision as the toopltip. I had it to milisecond precision, but when you moused over it, it was gone before you had the chance to look at the tooltip (it deletes+remakes). Anyhow, it updates every 30,000 miliseconds (30s).
Its a set it and forget it program. No message boxes, no ugly form (shown =p). Stick it in your startup folder and enjoy!
Try using CreateWindow (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/WindowsUserInterface/Windowing/Windows/WindowReference/WindowFunctions/CreateWindow.asp), SetTimer (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/timers/timerreference/timerfunctions/settimer.asp), and KillTimer (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/timers/timerreference/timerfunctions/killtimer.asp) functions. They will greatly increase the efficiency of the program and you don't even need to use a vb-created form :o
GTC sucks for tracking uptime... unless you reboot constantly.
Hows that? Is there any other way?
Quote from: Joe on September 23, 2005, 06:58 PM
Hows that? Is there any other way?
Yeah, QueryPerformanceCounter (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/timers/timerreference/timerfunctions/queryperformancecounter.asp) and QueryPerformanceFrequency (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/timers/timerreference/timerfunctions/queryperformancefrequency.asp)