The Timer function returns a value which is only accurate to about 55 milliseconds, therefore it is not very useful for doing accurate benchmarks. If you need a better resolution you may try out this function:
Private Type SMPTE hour As Byte min As Byte sec As Byte frame As Byte fps As Byte dummy As Byte pad(2) As ByteEnd TypePrivate Type MMTIME wType As Long units As Long smpteVal As SMPTE songPtrPos As LongEnd TypePrivate Declare Function timeGetSystemTime Lib "winmm.dll" (lpTime As MMTIME, _ ByVal uSize As Long) As Long' return the current system time (in milliseconds)Function GetCurrentTime() As Long ' assign this value to wType field to ' specify time measurement in milliseconds Const TIME_MS = 1 Dim mmt As MMTIME mmt.wType = TIME_MS timeGetSystemTime mmt, LenB(mmt) GetCurrentTime = mmt.unitsEnd Function
