X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/f6bcfd974ef26faf6f91a62cac09827e09463fd1..19cf1ef3a7077dd99a90f141847b8a9b67b318c9:/docs/latex/wx/stopwtch.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/stopwtch.tex b/docs/latex/wx/stopwtch.tex index cff119d2ca..1f756a493f 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/stopwtch.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/stopwtch.tex @@ -1,18 +1,35 @@ \section{\class{wxStopWatch}}\label{wxstopwatch} -The wxStopWatch class allow you to measure time intervals. +The wxStopWatch class allow you to measure time intervals. For example, you may +use it to measure the time elapsed by some function: + +\begin{verbatim} + wxStopWatch sw; + CallLongRunningFunction(); + wxLogMessage("The long running function took %ldms to execute", + sw.Time()); + sw.Pause(); + ... stopwatch is stopped now ... + sw.Resume(); + CallLongRunningFunction(); + wxLogMessage("And calling it twice took $ldms in all", sw.Time()); +\end{verbatim} \wxheading{Include files} - + + +\wxheading{Library} + +\helpref{wxBase}{librarieslist} \wxheading{See also} -\helpref{::wxStartTimer}{wxstarttimer}, \helpref{::wxGetElapsedTime}{wxgetelapsedtime}, \helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer} +\helpref{wxTimer}{wxtimer} \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}} -\membersection{wxStopWatch::wxStopWatch} +\membersection{wxStopWatch::wxStopWatch}\label{wxstopwatchctor} \func{}{wxStopWatch}{\void} @@ -25,21 +42,26 @@ Constructor. This starts the stop watch. Pauses the stop watch. Call \helpref{wxStopWatch::Resume}{wxstopwatchresume} to resume time measuring again. -\membersection{wxStopWatch::Start} - -\func{void}{Start}{\param{long}{ milliseconds = 0}} - -(Re)starts the stop watch with a given initial value. +If this method is called several times, {\tt Resume()} must be called the same +number of times to really resume the stop watch. You may, however, call +\helpref{Start}{wxstopwatchstart} to resume it unconditionally. \membersection{wxStopWatch::Resume}\label{wxstopwatchresume} \func{void}{Resume}{\void} -Resumes the stop watch after having been paused with \helpref{wxStopWatch::Pause}{wxstopwatchpause}. +Resumes the stop watch which had been paused with +\helpref{wxStopWatch::Pause}{wxstopwatchpause}. + +\membersection{wxStopWatch::Start}\label{wxstopwatchstart} + +\func{void}{Start}{\param{long}{ milliseconds = 0}} + +(Re)starts the stop watch with a given initial value. -\membersection{wxStopWatch::Time} +\membersection{wxStopWatch::Time}\label{wxstopwatchtime} -\func{long}{Time}{\void}\label{wxstopwatchtime} +\constfunc{long}{Time}{\void}\label{wxstopwatchtime} Returns the time in milliseconds since the start (or restart) or the last call of \helpref{wxStopWatch::Pause}{wxstopwatchpause}.