Getting frequency of processor

[alecash]

Is there a function in Visual Basic to get the clock frequency of the PC's processor ?
Any help appreciated.

[Cimperiali]

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Clearcode docet

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[alecash]

Sorry but this doesn't answer to my question. I'm not interested in getting the occupation of the CPU.

[Kdev]

Have a look at:

http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.22274/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm

-K

[Clearcode]

Without 3rd party dlls solution:


private Declare Function QueryPerformanceFrequency Lib "kernel32.dll" (lpFrequency as Long) as Long

public property get PerformanceFrequency() as Long

Dim lRet as Long
Dim lFrequency as Long

lRet = QueryPerformanceFrequency(lFrequency)
If Err.LastDllError <> 0 then
MsgBox "error getting processor frequency"
else
PerformanceFrequency = lFrequency
End If

End property




Hope this helps,
Duncan

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[Cimperiali]

Only a pity I am out of votes...
Have a nice day, man.

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[Clearcode]

Actually there's a bit more work needed, as I'm passing a VB Long but the API call should return a LARGE_INTEGER so the number might not be right.

Does the value you get tally with your CPU expectation?

-------------------------------------------------
Ex. Datis: Duncan Jones
Merrion Computing Ltd
http://www.merrioncomputing.com
Check out the new downloads - ImageMap.ocx is the VB control that emulates an HTML image map, EventVB.OCX for adding new events to your VB form and adding System Tray support simply, MCL Hotkey for implemenmting system-wide hotkeys in your application...all with source code included.

[Cimperiali]

private Type LARGE_INTEGER
LowPart as Long
HighPart as Long
End Type
private Declare Function QueryPerformanceCounter Lib "kernel32" (lpPerformanceCount as LARGE_INTEGER) as Long
private Declare Function QueryPerformanceFrequency Lib "kernel32" (lpFrequency as LARGE_INTEGER) as Long
private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Destination as Any, Source as Any, byval Length as Long)
private Sub Form_Load()
'KPD-Team 2001
'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
Dim T as Long, liFrequency as LARGE_INTEGER, liStart as LARGE_INTEGER, liStop as LARGE_INTEGER
Dim cuFrequency as Currency, cuStart as Currency, cuStop as Currency
'Retrieve the frequency of the performance counter
If QueryPerformanceFrequency(liFrequency) = 0 then
MsgBox "Your hardware doesn't support a high-resolution performance counter!", vbInformation
else
'convert the large integer to currency
cuFrequency = LargeIntToCurrency(liFrequency)
'retrieve tick count
QueryPerformanceCounter liStart
'do something
for T = 0 to 100000
DoEvents
next T
'retrieve tick count
QueryPerformanceCounter liStop
'convert large integers to currency's
cuStart = LargeIntToCurrency(liStart)
cuStop = LargeIntToCurrency(liStop)
'calculate how many seconds passed, and show the result
MsgBox "time: " + CStr((cuStop - cuStart) / cuFrequency) + " seconds"
End If
End Sub
private Function LargeIntToCurrency(liInput as LARGE_INTEGER) as Currency
'copy 8 bytes from the large integer to an ampty currency
CopyMemory LargeIntToCurrency, liInput, LenB(liInput)
'adjust it
LargeIntToCurrency = LargeIntToCurrency * 10000
End Function




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