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' 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: