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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147143"><bookmark_value>GetSystemTicks function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147143" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130700.xhp" name="GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]">GetSystemTicks Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the number of system ticks provided by the operating system. You can use this function to optimize certain processes.</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153311" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">GetSystemTicks()</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149233" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Long</paragraph>
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51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156152" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Sub ExampleWait</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Dim lTick As Long</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">lTick = GetSystemTicks()</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147560" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">wait 2000</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">lTick = (GetSystemTicks() - lTick)</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox "" &amp; lTick &amp; " Ticks" ,0,"The pause lasted"</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">End Sub</paragraph>
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