[DUG] Ttimer wonderings - and who wants a free widget Analogclock?

[Dennis Chuah]

John,

Hi.  I don't think the timer code is the problem.  I wrote a system tray 
application that uses TTimer to call code that scans for media player, and 
makes it semi transparent if it using skins.  The application runs without 
any lockups.  The longest that I have had it running was for a just over a 
month, and no problems.

Cheers,
Dennis.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bird" <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>
To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" <delphi at ns3.123.co.nz>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG] Ttimer wonderings - and who wants a free widget 
Analogclock?


>I have two programs with long running timers, and both tending to freeze,
> after some hours.  And not at the same time.
>
> One is a menu dispatcher program which just puts the current date and time
> into a text label every second.  The programs attempts to disable and
> re-enable the timer do NOT work even though the rest of the program does -
> it stays frozen, ie the timer is no longer working at all.
>
> The other is a quite cool widget clock.
>
> Either of them prone to freezing.
>
> Maybe its my system.   I have the Windows XP Power toys task switcher
> installed (gives a small screen shot of each task as you Alt/Tab through
> them, but its always been rather buggy).  That is often showing as the
> dominant task when one of the clocks freezes  (Thanks to Process 
> Explorer -
> well actually process explorer is the other candidate....).
>
> The clock has a bit more in its timer loop, but not that much....20-30 
> lines
> of code, mainly just simple calculation and canvas draw.
>
> Would anyone else like to test the widget clock on their system to see if
> its just here?
>
> A bit about it:
>
> -Part of a suite of time management tools, but stand alone free giveaway -
> source too if interested.
>
> -Did it to tech myself a bit of graphics and fancy type windows
>
> -inconspicuous on the system ie 399K and has never shown as using any CPU.
>
> -Inconspicuous floating desktop clock - Mixture of transparent form and
> alphablend and always on top makes it look just like one of the Max OSX or
> Vista widgets/gadgets, can be dragged by the roundframe (the rest is
> transparent)
>
> -Based on the look of one of the Opera transparent widget clocks, but also
> with seconds and date.  The Opera one only runs while the browser is open.
>
> Email me if you would like a free copy to test - any comments welcome as
> well.
>
> John
>
>
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