Timer Class
Implements a timer that raises an event at user-defined intervals. This timer is optimized for use in Windows Forms applications and must be used in a window.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
System::MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel::Component
System.Windows.Forms::Timer
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Timer() | Initializes a new instance of the Timer class. |
![]() | Timer(IContainer^) | Initializes a new instance of the Timer class together with the specified container. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CanRaiseEvents | Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event.(Inherited from Component.) |
![]() | Container | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component.(Inherited from Component.) |
![]() | DesignMode | |
![]() | Enabled | Gets or sets whether the timer is running. |
![]() | Events | |
![]() | Interval | |
![]() | Site | |
![]() | Tag | Gets or sets an arbitrary string representing some type of user state. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CreateObjRef(Type^) | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object.(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
![]() | Dispose() | |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Disposes of the resources, other than memory, used by the timer.(Overrides Component::Dispose(Boolean).) |
![]() | Equals(Object^) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetLifetimeService() | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance.(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
![]() | GetService(Type^) | |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | InitializeLifetimeService() | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance.(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | MemberwiseClone(Boolean) | Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object.(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
![]() | OnTick(EventArgs^) | Raises the Tick event. |
![]() | Start() | Starts the timer. |
![]() | Stop() | Stops the timer. |
![]() | ToString() | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Returns a string that represents the Timer.(Overrides Component::ToString().) |
A Timer is used to raise an event at user-defined intervals. This Windows timer is designed for a single-threaded environment where UI threads are used to perform processing. It requires that the user code have a UI message pump available and always operate from the same thread, or marshal the call onto another thread.
When you use this timer, use the Tick event to perform a polling operation or to display a splash screen for a specified period of time. Whenever the Enabled property is set to true and the Interval property is greater than zero, the Tick event is raised at intervals based on the Interval property setting.
This class provides methods to set the interval, and to start and stop the timer.
Note |
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The Windows Forms Timer component is single-threaded, and is limited to an accuracy of 55 milliseconds. If you require a multithreaded timer with greater accuracy, use the Timer class in the System.Timers namespace. |
The following example implements a simple interval timer, which sets off an alarm every five seconds. When the alarm occurs, a MessageBox displays a count of the number of times the alarm has started and prompts the user as to whether the timer should continue to run.
public ref class Class1 { private: static System::Windows::Forms::Timer^ myTimer = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Timer; static int alarmCounter = 1; static bool exitFlag = false; // This is the method to run when the timer is raised. static void TimerEventProcessor( Object^ /*myObject*/, EventArgs^ /*myEventArgs*/ ) { myTimer->Stop(); // Displays a message box asking whether to continue running the timer. if ( MessageBox::Show( "Continue running?", String::Format( "Count is: {0}", alarmCounter ), MessageBoxButtons::YesNo ) == DialogResult::Yes ) { // Restarts the timer and increments the counter. alarmCounter += 1; myTimer->Enabled = true; } else { // Stops the timer. exitFlag = true; } } public: static void Main() { /* Adds the event and the event handler for the method that will process the timer event to the timer. */ myTimer->Tick += gcnew EventHandler( TimerEventProcessor ); // Sets the timer interval to 5 seconds. myTimer->Interval = 5000; myTimer->Start(); // Runs the timer, and raises the event. while ( exitFlag == false ) { // Processes all the events in the queue. Application::DoEvents(); } } }; int main() { Class1::Main(); }
Available since 1.1
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.





