[perl-win32-gui-hackers] Re: Win32::GUI::Timer [Was: Next Release soon on the users list]

[Robert M. <rm...@po...>]

Proposed API:

> new(PARENT, NAME, ELAPSE).  Underneath it maps name to an ID, stores the 
> parameters in a perl Win32::GUI::Timer object and adds a reference to 
> the object to its window(parent) object.  It then calls SetTimer, if 
> ELAPSE is greater than 0.
> 
> INTERVAL(ELAPSE).  Retrieves the parameters from the object, and calls 
> SetTimer if ELAPSE > 0, or KillTimer if ELAPSE=0.
> 
> Kill(REMOVE).  Retrieves the parameters from the object and calls 
> KillTimer.  Removes the reference from its window(parent) object if 
> REMOVE evaluates true.
> 
> DESTROY().  Called when the reference count to the timer object goes to 
> zero.  Calls KillTimer.
> 
> So you can consider it like this:
> new - calls SettTimer
> Interval(n) - calls SetTimer
> Interval(0) - calls KillTimer
> Kill() - calls KillTimer, leaving the mapping between NAME and ID so 
> that Interval(n) still has the parameters to call SetTimer again.
> Kill(1) - calls KillTimer and removes the NAME to ID mapping.

> I'm going to go ahead and re-work it and update the documentation and 
> tests.

Updated implementation, documentation, and tests are now in CVS.

Regards,
Rob.
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Robert May
Win32::GUI, a perl extension for native Win32 applications
http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/