Creating a Timer

An application written for Microsoft® Windows® creates a timer by using the SetTimer function. If you specify a window handle in the call to SetTimer, the application associates the timer with that window. Whenever the time-out value for the timer elapses, the system posts a WM_TIMER message to the window associated with the timer. If no window handle is given in the call to SetTimer, the application that created the timer must monitor its message queue for WM_TIMER messages and dispatch them to the appropriate window.

A new timer starts timing the interval as soon as it is created. An application can change a timer's time-out value by using SetTimer and can destroy a timer by using the KillTimer function. To use system resources efficiently, applications should destroy timers that are no longer necessary.

Each timer has a unique identifier. When creating a timer, an application can either specify an identifier or have the system create a unique value. The first parameter of a WM_TIMER message contains the identifier of the timer that posted the message.

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