Win32s and Windows NT Timer Differences

ID: Q105758

1.30 1.30a 1.30c WINDOWS kbprg kbhowto

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Win32s versions 1.30, 1.30a, and 1.30c

Under Windows NT, timers are system objects; as such, they are not owned by an application. SetTimer() can be called from within one application with a handle to a window that was created by a different application. This application would process the WM_TIMER messages in the window procedure. The timer event will continue to occur even after the application that created the timer has terminated. Note that it is fairly uncommon for a Win32-based application to create a timer for another application, but this method does work.

Because Win32s runs on top of Windows 3.1 and shares many of its characteristics, timers are owned by the application that calls SetTimer(). The timer event terminates when the application that owns the timer terminates.

KBCategory: kbprg kbhowto KBSubcategory: W32s Additional reference words: 1.30 1.30a 1.30c

Keywords          : kbWin32s 
Version           : 1.30 1.30a 1.30c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: January 5, 1997