# -*- Mode: Python; tab-width: 4 -*- # # This module, and the timer.pyd core timer support, were written by # Sam Rushing (rushing@nightmare.com) import timer import time # Timers are based on Windows messages. So we need # to do the event-loop thing! import win32event, win32gui # glork holds a simple counter for us. class glork: def __init__ (self, delay=1000, max=10): self.x = 0 self.max = max self.id = timer.set_timer (delay, self.increment) # Could use the threading module, but this is # a win32 extension test after all! :-) self.event = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None) def increment (self, id, time): print 'x = %d' % self.x self.x = self.x + 1 # if we've reached the max count, # kill off the timer. if self.x > self.max: # we could have used 'self.id' here, too timer.kill_timer (id) win32event.SetEvent(self.event) # create a counter that will count from '1' thru '10', incrementing # once a second, and then stop. def demo (delay=1000, stop=10): g = glork(delay, stop) # Timers are message based - so we need # To run a message loop while waiting for our timers # to expire. start_time = time.time() while 1: # We can't simply give a timeout of 30 seconds, as # we may continouusly be recieving other input messages, # and therefore never expire. rc = win32event.MsgWaitForMultipleObjects( (g.event,), # list of objects 0, # wait all 500, # timeout win32event.QS_ALLEVENTS, # type of input ) if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0: # Event signalled. break elif rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0+1: # Message waiting. if win32gui.PumpWaitingMessages(): raise RuntimeError("We got an unexpected WM_QUIT message!") else: # This wait timed-out. if time.time()-start_time > 30: raise RuntimeError("We timed out waiting for the timers to expire!") if __name__=='__main__': demo()