Sleep without locking
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It is common in programming to need to have a timer of some form that will freeze your routine for a specified amount of time. One way to do this is to use the Sleep() API. Unfortunately there is a downside to this method, and that is that it will freeze your process. Not only does this mean that your APP's GUI updates will not occur until AFTER Sleep() returns, but also that your app will appear frozen to task manager.
So what's the solution? Why, create your own Sleep() function of course!
Private Declare Function GetTickCount
