StopTimer

Response time function.

The StopTimer function stops the specified clock. Not available in WinTask Lite.

Syntax

StopTimer(<clock_number>)

Parameters

<clock_number>: number of the clock to be stopped; valid values go from 1 to 10.

If the specified clock is already stopped, the function does nothing.

If <clock_number> is an invalid number, Error Handling rules are used.

See also

StartTimer, ResetTimer, Timer

Examples

This script measures a connection time : connection is supposed achieved when the text "connected" is displayed in the emulator window (window name : my_emulator$).

ResetTimer(1)

'After having reset clock number 1, start clock number 1
StartTimer(1)

Pause until

Text("connected")

InWindow(my_emulator$)

EndPause

'Stop the timer
StopTimer(1)

'Timer function returns the result as a number in 1/100 sec.
Comment("connection made in : "+str$(Timer(1)/10))

This script measures how long it takes for a page on www.wintask.com to load

ResetTimer(1)

StartBrowser("IE", "www.wintask.com/demos")

UsePage("WinTask Demonstration Pages")

StartTimer(1)

ClickHTMLElement("A[INNERTEXT= 'Form']")

 

UsePage("Form")

'Stop the timer

StopTimer(1)

'Timer function returns the result as a number in 1/100 sec.

msgbox("Page How it works loaded in : "+str$(Timer(1))+" hundreds of a sec")