Timer.Enabled Property (System.Web.UI)

Enabled Property

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

Timer..::.Enabled Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the Timer control initiates a postback to the server after the number of milliseconds specified in the Interval property has elapsed.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property Enabled As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Timer
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.Enabled

instance.Enabled = value

public bool Enabled { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property bool Enabled {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

JScript

public function get Enabled () : boolean
public function set Enabled (value : boolean)

ASP.NET

<asp:Timer Enabled="True|False" />

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if Timer will initiate a postback; otherwise, false. The default value is true.

Remarks

Use the Enabled property to turn the Timer control on and off. When you set Enabled to true, the Timer control starts its timer countdown when the Web page is rendered.

On postback, you can change property values in the Enabled property, and the changes will be reflected when the Web page content is rendered in the browser. If you change the Enabled property and then change it back to its original value during the same postback, the Timer control runs as if no change had been made.

Examples

The following example shows an UpdatePanel control that displays a randomly generated stock price and the time that the stock price was generated. By default, the Timer control updates the content in the UpdatePanel control every 10 seconds. The user can decide to update the stock price every 10 seconds, every 60 seconds, or not at all. When the user decides not to update the stock price, the Enabled property is set to false.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html  >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Timer Example Page</title>
    <script runat="server">
        Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            OriginalTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()
        End Sub

        Protected Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            StockPrice.Text = GetStockPrice()
            TimeOfPrice.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()
        End Sub

        Private Function GetStockPrice() As String
            Dim randomStockPrice As Double = 50 + New Random().NextDouble()
            Return randomStockPrice.ToString("C")
        End Function

        Protected Sub RadioButton1_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
            Timer1.Interval = 10000
            Timer1.Enabled = True
        End Sub

        Protected Sub RadioButton2_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
            Timer1.Interval = 60000
            Timer1.Enabled = True
        End Sub

        Protected Sub RadioButton3_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
            Timer1.Enabled = False
        End Sub
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
        <asp:Timer ID="Timer1" OnTick="Timer1_Tick" runat="server" Interval="10000" />

        <asp:UpdatePanel ID="StockPricePanel" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
        <Triggers>
            <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" />
        </Triggers>
        <ContentTemplate>
            Stock price is <asp:Label id="StockPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label><BR />
            as of <asp:Label id="TimeOfPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label>  
        </ContentTemplate>
        </asp:UpdatePanel>
        <div>
            <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton1" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="10 seconds" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton1_CheckedChanged" /><br />
            <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton2" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="60 seconds" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton2_CheckedChanged" /><br />
            <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton3" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="Never" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton3_CheckedChanged" /><br />
            <br />
        Page originally created at <asp:Label ID="OriginalTime" runat="server"></asp:Label>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Timer Example Page</title>
    <script runat="server">
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            OriginalTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
        }

        protected void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            StockPrice.Text = GetStockPrice();
            TimeOfPrice.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
        }

        private string GetStockPrice()
        {
            double randomStockPrice = 50 + new Random().NextDouble();
            return randomStockPrice.ToString("C");
        }

        protected void RadioButton1_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Timer1.Enabled = true;
            Timer1.Interval = 10000;
        }

        protected void RadioButton2_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Timer1.Enabled = true;
            Timer1.Interval = 60000;
        }

        protected void RadioButton3_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Timer1.Enabled = false;
        }

</script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
        <asp:Timer ID="Timer1" OnTick="Timer1_Tick" runat="server" Interval="10000" />

        <asp:UpdatePanel ID="StockPricePanel" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
        <Triggers>
            <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" />
        </Triggers>
        <ContentTemplate>
            Stock price is <asp:Label id="StockPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label><BR />
            as of <asp:Label id="TimeOfPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label>  
            <br />

        </ContentTemplate>
        </asp:UpdatePanel>
        <div>
        <br />
        Update stock price every:<br />
        <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton1" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="10 seconds" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton1_CheckedChanged" /><br />
        <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton2" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="60 seconds" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton2_CheckedChanged" /><br />
        <asp:RadioButton ID="RadioButton3" AutoPostBack="true" GroupName="TimerFrequency" runat="server" Text="Never" OnCheckedChanged="RadioButton3_CheckedChanged" />
        <br />
        Page loaded at <asp:Label ID="OriginalTime" runat="server"></asp:Label>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5

Reference

Timer Class

Timer Members

System.Web.UI Namespace