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DispatcherTimer.IsEnabled Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the timer is running.

Namespace: System.Windows.Threading
Assembly: WindowsBase (in WindowsBase.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

Syntax

C++

public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }

XAML Attribute Usage

<object IsEnabled="bool" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the timer is enabled; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Remarks

IsEnabled must be set to true for the Tick event to be raised.

Calling Start sets IsEnabled to true.

Calling Stop sets IsEnabled to false.

Examples

The following example creates a DispatcherTimer. A new DispatcherTimer object named dispatcherTimer is created. The event handler dispatcherTimer_Tick is added to the Tick event. The Interval is set to 1 second using a TimeSpan object.

//  DispatcherTimer setup
dispatcherTimer = new System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer();
dispatcherTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(dispatcherTimer_Tick);
dispatcherTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0,0,1);
dispatcherTimer.Start();

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

DispatcherTimer Class

System.Windows.Threading Namespace

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