CreateWaitableTimer

1. Create

HANDLE hTimer = CreateWaitableTimer(NULL,FALSE,NULL);

2. Set

LARGE_INTEGER liDueTime;
const int nTimerUnitsPerSecond=10*1000*1000; // the unit of timer is 100 nano seconds
// Set the event the first time 2 seconds after calling SetWaitableTimer
 liDueTime.QuadPart= -(STARTTIMERAFTERSECOND * m_nTimerUnitsPerSecond );
int nTimerInterVal = 10;

SetWaitableTimer(hTimer,&liDueTime, (nTimerInterVal*nTimerUnitsPerSecond), NULL, NULL, false);   


3. Use

// Wait for the timer.
if (WaitForSingleObject(hTimer, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
        printf("WaitForSingleObject failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
else printf("Timer was signaled.\n");