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Ole
Is there a way to get ticks from a the system without using the
DateTime.Ticks (there isn't a watch in the hardware so it doesn't work)? The
Thread.Sleep(x) works well so where does it get its information from?

Thanks
Ole
Jun 23 '06 #1
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Ole
Found a solution:
Envirronment.TickCount;

BR,
Ole

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Is there a way to get ticks from a the system without using the
DateTime.Ticks (there isn't a watch in the hardware so it doesn't work)?
The Thread.Sleep(x) works well so where does it get its information from?

Thanks
Ole

Jun 23 '06 #2

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