using timers

[timertik]

what i want to do is delay my dialog items at the start of the app
I thought using some kind of a timer would be the best place to start

I plan to use ShowWindow to hide and restore the items for example
at startup all the items will be hid then a timer is set for say 7 seconds
after the timer finishes the buttons are restored.

can someone help me get started and show me how to use a timer like this?

[zooba]

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invoke SetTimer, hWnd, 1, 7000, 0
...
.if(uMsg == WM_TIMER)
    .if(wParam == 1)
        ; display controls
    .endif
.endif
...


Cheers,

Zooba :U

[timertik]

wow thanks man I didnt know it was that simple very nice and interesting

[Vortex]

timertik,

Don't forget to destroy the timer when it completes the task :

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invoke KillTimer,hWnd,ID_TIMER

[zooba]

Don't forget to destroy the timer when it completes the task :

Oops, forgot that.

BTW. ID_TIMER is whatever you pass to SetTimer in place of the 1, and what you compare wParam to.