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ElapsedEventArgs Class
Visual Studio 2008
Provides data for the Timer.Elapsed event.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
The following code example sets up an event handler for the Timer.Elapsed event, creates a timer, and starts the timer. The event handler displays the SignalTime property each time it is raised.
Imports System Imports System.Timers Public Class Timer1 Private Shared aTimer As System.Timers.Timer Public Shared Sub Main() ' Normally, the timer is declared at the class level, ' so that it stays in scope as long as it is needed. ' If the timer is declared in a long-running method, ' KeepAlive must be used to prevent the JIT compiler ' from allowing aggressive garbage collection to occur ' before the method ends. You can experiment with this ' by commenting out the class-level declaration and ' uncommenting the declaration below; then uncomment ' the GC.KeepAlive(aTimer) at the end of the method. 'Dim aTimer As System.Timers.Timer ' Create a timer with a ten second interval. aTimer = New System.Timers.Timer(10000) ' Hook up the Elapsed event for the timer. AddHandler aTimer.Elapsed, AddressOf OnTimedEvent ' Set the Interval to 2 seconds (2000 milliseconds). aTimer.Interval = 2000 aTimer.Enabled = True Console.WriteLine("Press the Enter key to exit the program.") Console.ReadLine() ' If the timer is declared in a long-running method, use ' KeepAlive to prevent garbage collection from occurring ' before the method ends. 'GC.KeepAlive(aTimer) End Sub ' Specify what you want to happen when the Elapsed event is ' raised. Private Shared Sub OnTimedEvent(source As Object, e As ElapsedEventArgs) Console.WriteLine("The Elapsed event was raised at {0}", e.SignalTime) End Sub End Class ' This code example produces output similar to the following: ' 'Press the Enter key to exit the program. 'The Elapsed event was raised at 5/20/2007 8:42:27 PM 'The Elapsed event was raised at 5/20/2007 8:42:29 PM 'The Elapsed event was raised at 5/20/2007 8:42:31 PM '...
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