Creating Timer-Based Server Tasks

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Using the Timer component and language features in Visual Studio or the Microsoft .NET Framework, you can easily create events that are raised on recurring intervals.

In This Section

• Introduction to Server-Based Timers
  Explains the server-based Timer component and how you can use it to raise events at simple intervals.

• Timer Programming Architecture
  Gives an overview of the basic language elements of the server-based Timer component.

• How to: Create Instances of Server-Based Timers
  Describes how to create Timer components to build interval-based events into your multi-threaded application.

• How to: Handle Server-Based Timers
  Explains how to create a handler for the Elapsed event.

Related Sections

• System.Timers
  Describes the major features of the System.Timers namespace.

• Timer Component Overview (Windows Forms)
  Describes the Windows-based timer and how you can use it.

• Programming with Components
  Presents a high-level overview of component programming and authoring.