Cpu

Description

Reports the amount of CPU time that has elapsed since the application started.

Syntax

Cpu ( )

Return value

Long.

Returns the number of milliseconds of CPU time elapsed since the start of your PowerBuilder application.

Examples

These statements determine the amount of CPU time that elapsed while a group of statements executed:

long ll_start, ll_used
// Set the start equal to the current CPU usage.
ll_start = Cpu()
... // Executable statements being timed
 
// Set ll_used to the number of CPU seconds
// that were used (current CPU time - start).
ll_used = Cpu() - ll_start