JungleJim74 was thinking very hard :
True, it has been a while since I was a beginner (and I am not an MVP,
that is a sort of official title - but never mind that).

On the other hand it is difficult to answer at the precise level: If I
answer at a very basic level, then someone with already some experience
might also feel offended (plus it would take a lot more time to answer
a question). It is not always clear what level the poster has.
Also I usually want to point the asker in the right direction, so
he/she can get more information and learn how things work, rather than
just give "finished" code.

You are right: sometimes a code snippet can illustrate the point
better. But then a further complication pops in: I am a C# programmer
and apparently you are using VB.Net. For framework issues (such as how
the TimeSpan and DateTime struct work) that is not a problem (C# and VB
use the same framework), but for code snippets it is: I have to guess
at the VB syntax.

But let's try:
I assume in the snippets that there is a method 'PerformCalculation'
that performs the calculations you want to measure. Also you will need
to place this code in a method where you can execute it.


' Calculate a time using DateTime
Dim start as DateTime
Din end as DateTime
start = DateTime.Now
PerformCalculation
end = DateTime.Now
Dim elapsed as TimeSpan
elapsed = end - start
Console.WriteLine(elapsed.TotalMilliseconds)


' Calculate using Stopwatch
Dim sw as new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch
sw.Start
PerformCalculation
sw.Stop
Console.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds)



As for a second remark: if you have in you code something like:
result=((2.154*33)-161.376 / (3.541*7))
try replacing that with
result = 64.571
to find out if that makes any difference in speed (it shouldn't)

Hans Kesting

Hans,

Here is some sample code which produces an elapsed time value. Note that I
am not an expert at this stuff. So my sample code might not be the best,
but I don't think that it will lead you astray.

I used the VS IDE/designer but did not place any controls on the form.

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Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

' always use the two options above because they allow the compiler
' to catch things which can cause run time errors

Imports System.Threading

' System.Threading needed for the Sleep function


Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Dim StartTime As DateTime = DateTime.Now 'for calc of elapsed time

Dim ElapsedTime As TimeSpan 'for calc of elapsed time

Dim ElapsedTimeText As String ' for displaying elapsed time

Thread.Sleep(1000) 'sleep for 1 second

ElapsedTime = DateTime.op_Subtraction(DateTime.Now, StartTime)

ElapsedTimeText = String.Format("{0,2:#0'h'} {1,3:#0'm'}" & _
" {2,3:#0's'}{3,7:##0'ms'}", _
ElapsedTime.Hours, ElapsedTime.Minutes, _
ElapsedTime.Seconds, ElapsedTime.Milliseconds)

' although this is my code (I can't blame it on anyone else), I
' don't understand how I get away with the above call to
' String.Format as the overloaded String.Format method doesn't,
' so far as I can see, support this number of arguments

' the formatting specification is not intuitive and documentation
can
' be difficult to find. But if you look at the doc for String
Members
' and then the Format method and then follow the link to
' Composite Formatting I think you'll find pretty decent
documentation.

MsgBox("My formatting yields: " & ElapsedTimeText)

MsgBox("TimeSpan.ToString yields: " & ElapsedTime.ToString)

End Sub
End Class

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Good Luck, Bob

"JungleJim74" <JungleJim74 (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

Meant for JungleJim74 for Hans. Sorry.

"eBob.com" <eBob.com (AT) totallybogus (DOT) com> wrote

Thank you Bob. You have gone out of your way to help me and I want you to
know that I surely do appreciate it. Your post is so complete that I believe
that even I will be able to solve my problem using your post as guidance.
Have a great day, you surely have made my day for me. JungleJim74

"eBob.com" wrote:

Thanks Hans. You surely are doing your best to help me and I appreciate it
greatly.
I started studying programming in 1992 and I started with thee C Programming
Language. Then I started using C++ and finally Visual Basic 6. Now I am
trying to use VB.NET and it is a bit too much for me. Also, I do not have the
large library of books for .NET that I have for VB6. Thanks again.
JungleJim74

"Hans Kesting" wrote:

Bob, I wanted you to know that your code compiled and ran just fine AFTER I
reduced the call to String.Format using only two arguments instead of the
four. But seconds and milliseconds is really all I need. I will check MSDN to
see if I can include three arguments as minutes, seconds, and milliseconds
would be better than just seconds and milliseconds.
Thanks again for your help. JungleJim74

"eBob.com" wrote: