I am trying to perform a task on an interval and I made a POC using boost::asio::steady_timer. When I debug it, it only performs the callback once and does not fire again. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any suggestions?
// DoMouseEvents.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
//
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include "boost/asio/deadline_timer.hpp"
#include<boost/bind.hpp>
#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
class Pooper
{
boost::asio::io_context & m_ioContext;
boost::asio::steady_timer m_timer;
public:
Pooper(boost::asio::io_context & ioContext)
:
m_ioContext(ioContext)
, m_timer(boost::asio::steady_timer(ioContext))
{
}
void Run()
{
m_timer.expires_from_now(std::chrono::seconds(5));
m_timer.async_wait(boost::bind(&Pooper::OnTimerExpired, this, boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
void OnTimerExpired(const boost::system::error_code & error)
{
if (error.failed())
{
std::cerr << "boost error: Failed" << std::endl;
}
std::cout << "Poop" << std::endl;
try
{
// Move the mouse
int x = 500;
int y = 500;
if (!::SetCursorPos(x, y))
{
int errorCode = GetLastError();
std::cerr << "SetCursorPos error: " << errorCode << std::endl;
}
// Left button down
x = 65536 * 500;
y = 65536 * 500;
::mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, x, y, NULL, NULL);
// Left button up
x = 65536 * 500;
y = 65536 * 500;
::mouse_event(MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE | MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, x, y, NULL, NULL);
m_timer.expires_from_now(std::chrono::seconds(5));
m_timer.async_wait(boost::bind(&Pooper::OnTimerExpired, this, boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
catch (std::exception &)
{
std::cerr << "An exception occured." << std::endl;
}
}
};
int main()
{
boost::asio::io_context ioContext;
auto pooper = Pooper(ioContext);
pooper.Run();
ioContext.run();
std::cerr << "Exited..." << std::endl;
}