This document contains code for two timer demo programs in C++. The first program (Beeper1) uses a timer to toggle the background color of the window between red and blue every second and play a beep sound. It also handles painting the window. The second program (Beeper2) is similar but moves the timer callback function into its own procedure separate from the window procedure.

1. Method1
BEEPER1.C
/*-----------------------------------------
BEEPER1.C -- Timer Demo Program No. 1
(c) Charles Petzold, 1998
-----------------------------------------*/
#include <windows.h>
#define ID_TIMER 1
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM) ;
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
static TCHAR szAppName[] = TEXT ("Beeper1") ;
HWND hwnd ;
MSG msg ;
WNDCLASS wndclass ;
wndclass.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW ;
wndclass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc ;
wndclass.cbClsExtra = 0 ;
wndclass.cbWndExtra = 0 ;
wndclass.hInstance = hInstance ;
wndclass.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION) ;
wndclass.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW) ;
wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject (WHITE_BRUSH) ;
wndclass.lpszMenuName = NULL ;
wndclass.lpszClassName = szAppName ;
if (!RegisterClass (&wndclass))
{
MessageBox (NULL, TEXT ("Program requires Windows NT!"),
szAppName, MB_ICONERROR) ;
return 0 ;
}
hwnd = CreateWindow (szAppName, TEXT ("Beeper1 Timer Demo"),
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL) ;
ShowWindow (hwnd, iCmdShow) ;
UpdateWindow (hwnd) ;
while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
{
TranslateMessage (&msg) ;
DispatchMessage (&msg) ;
}
return msg.wParam ;
}
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM
lParam)
{
static BOOL fFlipFlop = FALSE ;
HBRUSH hBrush ;
HDC hdc ;
PAINTSTRUCT ps ;
RECT rc ;
switch (message)
{
case WM_CREATE:

2. SetTimer (hwnd, ID_TIMER, 1000, NULL) ;
return 0 ;
case WM_TIMER :
MessageBeep (-1) ;
fFlipFlop = !fFlipFlop ;
InvalidateRect (hwnd, NULL, FALSE) ;
return 0 ;
case WM_PAINT :
hdc = BeginPaint (hwnd, &ps) ;
GetClientRect (hwnd, &rc) ;
hBrush = CreateSolidBrush (fFlipFlop ? RGB(255,0,0) : RGB(0,0,255)) ;
FillRect (hdc, &rc, hBrush) ;
EndPaint (hwnd, &ps) ;
DeleteObject (hBrush) ;
return 0 ;
case WM_DESTROY :
KillTimer (hwnd, ID_TIMER) ;
PostQuitMessage (0) ;
return 0 ;
}
return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam) ;
}

3. Method2
BEEPER2.C
/*----------------------------------------
BEEPER2.C -- Timer Demo Program No. 2
(c) Charles Petzold, 1998
----------------------------------------*/
#include <windows.h>
#define ID_TIMER 1
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM) ;
VOID CALLBACK TimerProc (HWND, UINT, UINT, DWORD ) ;
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
static char szAppName[] = "Beeper2" ;
HWND hwnd ;
MSG msg ;
WNDCLASS wndclass ;
wndclass.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW ;
wndclass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc ;
wndclass.cbClsExtra = 0 ;
wndclass.cbWndExtra = 0 ;
wndclass.hInstance = hInstance ;
wndclass.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION) ;
wndclass.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW) ;
wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject (WHITE_BRUSH) ;
wndclass.lpszMenuName = NULL ;
wndclass.lpszClassName = szAppName ;
if (!RegisterClass (&wndclass))
{
MessageBox (NULL, TEXT ("Program requires Windows NT!"),
szAppName, MB_ICONERROR) ;
return 0 ;
}
hwnd = CreateWindow (szAppName, "Beeper2 Timer Demo",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL) ;
ShowWindow (hwnd, iCmdShow) ;
UpdateWindow (hwnd) ;
while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
{
TranslateMessage (&msg) ;
DispatchMessage (&msg) ;
}
return msg.wParam ;
}
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM
lParam)
{
switch (message)
{
case WM_CREATE:
SetTimer (hwnd, ID_TIMER, 1000, TimerProc) ;
return 0 ;
case WM_DESTROY:
KillTimer (hwnd, ID_TIMER) ;
PostQuitMessage (0) ;

4. return 0 ;
}
return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam) ;
}
VOID CALLBACK TimerProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, UINT iTimerID, DWORD
dwTime)
{
static BOOL fFlipFlop = FALSE ;
HBRUSH hBrush ;
HDC hdc ;
RECT rc ;
MessageBeep (-1) ;
fFlipFlop = !fFlipFlop ;
GetClientRect (hwnd, &rc) ;
hdc = GetDC (hwnd) ;
hBrush = CreateSolidBrush (fFlipFlop ? RGB(255,0,0) : RGB(0,0,255)) ;
FillRect (hdc, &rc, hBrush) ;
ReleaseDC (hwnd, hdc) ;
DeleteObject (hBrush) ;
}