C / C++ / MFC

BOOL CVeryTemporaryApp::InitInstance()
{
	AfxEnableControlContainer();

	// Standard initialization
	// If you are not using these features and wish to reduce the size
	//  of your final executable, you should remove from the following
	//  the specific initialization routines you do not need.

#ifdef _AFXDLL
	Enable3dControls();			// Call this when using MFC in a shared DLL
#else
	Enable3dControlsStatic();	// Call this when linking to MFC statically
#endif

	int nResponse = IDD_NORMAL;
	while (nResponse == IDD_NORMAL || nResponse == IDD_SPECIAL)
	{
		{ // probably required
			CVeryTemporaryDlg dlg((UINT)nResponse);
			m_pMainWnd = &dlg; // make dlg main window
			nResponse = dlg.DoModal(); // show dlg
		} // dlg is destoyed here, when scope changes
	}

	// Since the dialog has been closed, return FALSE so that we exit the
	//  application, rather than start the application's message pump.
	return FALSE;
}

int Wait(DWORD dwDelay)
{
    clock_t nGoal = clock() + dwDelay;;
    if( PeekMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0,PM_REMOVE) )
    {
        TranslateMessage(&msg);
        DispatchMessage(&msg);
        if( msg.message == WM_QUIT )
            return -1; // closing down
        // check for other message that
        // tells use to quit
        .....
        // check if we need to stop
        if( clock() >= nGoal )
            break;
    }
    return 0; // times up
}

void ShowAnimation(...)
{
    ....
    ShowFirstFrame(...);
    for( ;; )
    {
        ShowNextFrame(...);
        ... // make some outher decisions
        // slow down (wait between frames)
        if( Wait(...) < 0 )
           break;
    }
}

while (more_pics == TRUE)
{
    DisplayPic();
    Sleep(1000); // 1 second
}

void main( void )
{
    for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
        Sleep(2000);
}

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