Excel Accurate timeing of VBA code (by kind permission of Charles

Williams)

Ease of Use Easy

Version tested with 2007

Submitted by: mdmackillop

Description: The Timer function has its limits in providing accurate measurement of VBA code
procedures. The MicroTimer procedure detailed below allows for a better
measure.

Discussion: Analyse the speed of different sections of code to determine where bottlenecks
exist and where improvements are required.

Code: instructions for use

Option Explicit

'

' COPYRIGHT © DECISION MODELS LIMITED 2006. All rights reserved

' May be redistributed for free but

' may not be sold without the author's explicit permission.

'

Private Declare Function getFrequency Lib "kernel32" Alias _

"QueryPerformanceFrequency" (cyFrequency As Currency) As Long

Private Declare Function getTickCount Lib "kernel32" Alias _

"QueryPerformanceCounter" (cyTickCount As Currency) As Long

Private Const sCPURegKey = "HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0"

Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE As Long = &H80000002

Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long,
ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey
As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, lpData As Any,
lpcbData As Long) As Long

Function MicroTimer() As Double

'

' returns seconds

'

Dim cyTicks1 As Currency

Static cyFrequency As Currency

'

MicroTimer = 0

If cyFrequency = 0 Then getFrequency cyFrequency ' get ticks/sec

getTickCount cyTicks1 ' get ticks

If cyFrequency Then MicroTimer = cyTicks1 / cyFrequency ' calc seconds

End Function

'Calling macro

Sub Test()

Dim i As Long

Dim Tim As Double

Dim Result1 As Double, Result2 As Double

Dim Factor As Long

Factor = 10000 '<== adjust to show clear result

Tim = MicroTimer
 For i = 1 To 100000

DoEvents

Next

Result1 = MicroTimer - Tim

Tim = MicroTimer

For i = 1 To 1000

DoEvents

Next

Result2 = MicroTimer - Tim

MsgBox "100000" & vbTab & Int(Result1 * Factor) & vbCr & _

"1000" & vbTab & Int(Result2 * Factor)

End Sub

How to use: 1. Place the MicroTimer code in a standard module.

2. Add the MicroTimer lines around the procedure to be monitored.

3. Create a procedure to display the result or write to the worksheet.

Test the code: 1. In the attached example, click the Fill 1 and Fill 2 command buttons,
clearing between runs.