CPerformance

By | 2002-06-01

This class encapsulate QueryPerfomanceXXX
API functions to mesure small time intervals. You can use this class
to mesure how much time your code take. This function can mesure time
intervals near 0.1 ms , 10 times better then timeGetTime() API or
GetTickCount() that have an error of 50ms.
Example:
Dim m_performance As CPerformance
Dim i As integer
Set m_performance = new CPerformance
m_performance.StartCounter()
‘Do something
For i = 1 to 1000
next i
m_performance.StopCounter()
Debug.print m_performance.TimeElapsed() ‘Time in ms (1/1000) s
‘this is a float number
‘ex: 1.54 ms

Original Author: Ricardo Saat

Inputs

None

Returns

Time interval in ms.

Side Effects

The API function maybe not work, but it’s very rare.

API Declarations

Code

Option Explicit
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 m_PerfFrequency As LARGE_INTEGER
Private m_CounterStart As LARGE_INTEGER
Private m_CounterEnd As LARGE_INTEGER
Private m_crFrequency As Currency
Private m_bEnable As Boolean
'mesure time that the code take jus to call functions
Property Get Delay() As Double
Dim i As Integer
Dim crTotalcount As Currency

For i = 1 To 100
Me.StartCounter
Me.StopCounter
crTotalcount = crTotalcount + (Large2Currency(m_CounterEnd) - Large2Currency(m_CounterStart))
Next i
Delay = ((crTotalcount / 100) / m_crFrequency) * 1000#
End Property

Private Function Large2Currency(largeInt As LARGE_INTEGER) As Currency
If (largeInt.lowpart) > 0& Then
    Large2Currency = largeInt.lowpart
  Else
    Large2Currency = CCur(2 ^ 31) + CCur(largeInt.lowpart And &H7FFFFFFF)
  End If
  
  Large2Currency = Large2Currency + largeInt.highpart * CCur(2 ^ 32)
End Function

Private Sub Class_Initialize()
  Dim lResp As Long
  
  m_bEnable = CBool(QueryPerformanceFrequency(m_PerfFrequency))
  
  If m_bEnable Then
  
  End If
  m_crFrequency = Large2Currency(m_PerfFrequency)
  Debug.Assert m_bEnable 'Computer does not suport PerfCounter
End Sub
Public Sub StartCounter()
Dim lResp As Long
lResp = QueryPerformanceCounter(m_CounterStart)
End Sub
Public Sub StopCounter()
Dim lResp As Long
lResp = QueryPerformanceCounter(m_CounterEnd)
End Sub
Property Get TimeElapsed() As Double
  
  Dim crStart As Currency
  Dim crStop As Currency
  Dim crFrequency As Currency
  
  crStart = Large2Currency(m_CounterStart)
  crStop = Large2Currency(m_CounterEnd)
  
  
  TimeElapsed = ((crStop - crStart) / m_crFrequency) * 1000#
End Property

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