Definition:

#include <aIO.h>
object code: aIO shared library



aLIBRETURN aIO_GetMSTicks(

aIOLib ioRef, unsigned long* pNTicks, aErr* pErr);

Parameters:

ioRef	-	The opaque library reference returned by aIO_GetLibRef.
pNTicks	-	A pointer to a variable that get sets to the number of ticks.
pErr	-	A pointer to an aErr variable that receives the error code on exit from this routine.

Return Value:

This library routine returns an aLIBRETURN type that is non-zero if there are errors, and zero if the routine completes with no errors.

Description:

This routine retrieves the number of milliseconds since the system started up.  The number can be used for relative timing in your code.

Related:

aIO_GetLibRef, aIO_MSSleep