' Sample for the Environment.TickCount property.
' TickCount cycles between Int32.MinValue, which is a negative 
' number, and Int32.MaxValue once every 49.8 days. This sample
' removes the sign bit to yield a nonnegative number that cycles 
' between zero and Int32.MaxValue once every 24.9 days.

Imports System

Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim result As Integer = Environment.TickCount And Int32.MaxValue

      Console.WriteLine("TickCount: {0}", result)
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'TickCount: 101931139
'

// Sample for the Environment.TickCount property.

// TickCount cycles between Int32.MinValue, which is a negative 
// number, and Int32.MaxValue once every 49.8 days. This sample
// removes the sign bit to yield a nonnegative number that cycles 
// between zero and Int32.MaxValue once every 24.9 days.

using System;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    int result = Environment.TickCount & Int32.MaxValue;
    Console.WriteLine("TickCount: {0}", result);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

TickCount: 101931139
*/

// Sample for the Environment::TickCount property
// TickCount cycles between Int32::MinValue, which is a negative 
// number, and Int32::MaxValue once every 49.8 days. This sample
// removes the sign bit to yield a nonnegative number that cycles 
// between zero and Int32::MaxValue once every 24.9 days.
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   int result = Environment::TickCount & Int32::MaxValue;
   Console::WriteLine( "TickCount: {0}", result );
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

TickCount: 101931139
*/