Re: [Boost-users] Looking for boost library for timer callback function

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-24 22:36:56

fanz wrote:
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> From: fanz [mailto:fanzhe_cui_at_[hidden]] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:39 PM
> To: 'boost-users_at_[hidden]'
> Subject: Looking for boost library for timer callback function
> 
> I have been looking for a timer callback function in any boost library. I
> saw something like below by searching on the web:
> 
> bool set_timer(time_duration_t fireTime, boost::function<time_duration_t
> ()>); 
> 
> But it did not give me further clue about which library contains this
> function. I also saw a discussion on the web about using ASIO but the
> document did not let me complete understand it.
> 
> Does anyone has info about which library has the function of Timer callback?

You want asio deadline_timer.  Here's a reference page and tutorial pages:

http://asio.sourceforge.net/boost_asio_0_3_7/libs/asio/doc/reference/a00105.html
http://asio.sourceforge.net/boost_asio_0_3_7/libs/asio/doc/tutorial/tuttimer1.html

Because asio isn't in 1.34 you'll either need to checkout from the latest CVS 
or put the asio distribution on top of 1.34 which works with the 0.3.7 version.

Jeff