Util.GetTickCount

Syntax

function Util.GetTickCount(): positive-integer

Alternative Names

Description

Retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started, up to 49.7 days.

The Return Value is the current tick count.

See Also

Example

execute UDSBlock

as

begin

  /* retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the system was started, up to 49.7 days. */

  StartTicks = Util.GetTickCount();

  GUI.Showmessage('This computer has been running for ' || Util.GetTicksDurationString(StartTicks));

  EndTicks = Util.GetTickCount();

  DiffTicks = Util.GetTickDiff(StartTicks, EndTicks);

  DiffTicks2 = Util.GetTickDiff(StartTicks);

  h = 0;

  n = 0;

  s = 0;

  ms = 0;

  Util.DecodeTicks(DiffTicks, h, n, s, ms);

  duration_str = Util.GetDurationString(h, n, s, ms);

  GUI.ShowMessage('Script started at ' || StartTicks || ', ended after ' || DiffTicks || ' milliseconds, that''s a duration of ' || duration_str);  

end