Are timers supported by the Windows native API?

Question

Does the Windows native API support timers?

I am aware that POSIX implementations on Windows support timers, but I am interested in Windows SDK APIs.

Answer 1

Yes there are timers in Win32 API. More details you can check here : Timers

In particular you need to check

• SetTimer
• KillTimer
• TimerProc
• WM_TIMER

Answer 2

It sure does: http://windows-programming.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_the_win32_timer_api

The SetTimer API mentioned in that article depends on the WM_TIMER message, which means that you have to have a message loop, which means that you (probably) have to have a window. So it's very useful for GUI programming, less so for command-line tools.