"Vivek Bhat" wrote

Hello, I'm a Mechanical Engineer (see: programming-knowledge defficient) and I need some code to output an elapsed time, accurate to within at least hundredths of a second.

Hi Vivek. Actually I think you are on the wrong boost list. The one you want for this sort of query is the boost user list gmane.comp.lib.boost.user. I have cross posted this item there and you should send any followups there only too.

It appears to me as though the 'timer' libraryhttp://www.boost.org/libs/timer/timer.htmis ideal for this application, but when I try to run the simple code given in the documentation, I get errors regarding missing .hpp files. I'm assuming that I have made errors in downloading and installing the boost libraries. I tried to read the 'getting started' section, but I'm having difficulty understanding. Are there any more simple 'getting started' instructions available for programming dunces running Windows?

As far as I know Boost.Timer is just a wrapper for the C standard timer functions in <ctime>. Anyway it would be helpful to provide more details of the compiler you are using and the actual error messages you are getting too. Hope this helps regards Andy Little