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OnTimer - DFTimer

Sent every time the timeout interval passes

Type: Event

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
iwParam Integer Contains identifier of timer object created. If your program has more than one timer defined, the value of iwParam is 2,3,4, etc. The timer id is the N-th timer in the internal Array object that is used to manage the timers.
ilParam Integer Can contain a application-defined callback function (cannot be used by DataFlex programs)

Syntax

Procedure OnTimer Integer iwParam Integer ilParam

Description

Sample

Object oMyTimer is a DFTimer
    Procedure OnTimer Integer iwParam Integer ilParam
        Showln (CurrentDateTime ())
    End_Procedure
End_Object
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Note: When one augments the OnTimer event and does not forward it, the values of the properties Timer_Message and Timer_Object are not used. It is up to the developer to either use the OnTimer event or the timer_message / timer_object properties.