Timer In A Thread - Routine Which Is Controlled By A Timer

Aug 13, 2010

I have a routine which is controlled by a timer. It works perfectly. The problem is that now, I need to run this routine several times, so I need to start differents threads so that my program doesn't get hung up. I've been trying to start my timer inside a thread, but it doesn't work!

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Synchronize The Timer Event So That The Timer Executes From The Background Worker Thread?

Apr 23, 2009

I have a windows application that need to process som quite time consuming jobs. In my first try i did all processing under
the form thread. The result was bad response and update of the form due to the heavy jobs.To get around the problem with bad response from the form i created a new class "processing" where i put all the data processing. Then i instanciated a background worker where i in the "doWork" sub created a new instance of "processing".The "processing" class creates a timer from system.timer, and the timer drives the processing.On the Timer event Elapsed the timer starts a new thread from the thread pool.

My problem is now when i want to asynchronously close the background worker (with the corresponding function call what ever it is called ...) there is still a timer thread out there that causes exceptions for me.

1. How can i close my background worker and at the same time have the timer to be stopped?

2. Is there a way to synchronize the timer event so that the timer executes from the background worker thread?

3. Is there a better approach for me to adapt?

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Fire The Timer Or Other Routine While Still The WHILE TRUE Routine Checks For Incoming Connections And Messages?

Jan 24, 2012

I am using sockets to send message between computers. I send the messages alright. What I want is when the message "x0x" comes, the client must be closed within 5 minutes. Teh admin can cancel the request by sending message "-xx" as well. The routine that checks for incoming connections and accepts messages uses WHILE TRUE...END WHILE since it must always listen. Once I get a message, I need to fire a timer control or other that fires within 5 minutes. But the program cant leave the WHILE TRUE at all. If i exit it early, the timer fires and the program does get exit. How do I fire the timer or other routine while still the WHILE TRUE routine checks for incomin connections and messages?

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Cursor Change Controlled By A Timer?

Jan 12, 2010

Im trying to implement a cursor change when a picturebox is moving which is controlled by a timer.

ive managed to created a cursor change in a button click event but i really need to control it using timer

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Exit Timer Routine With A CTRL Key?

Jul 28, 2010

I've searched all over for what I think should be a simple answer.Is there a way to exit a timer (created to auto-click a mouse) with a CTRL key? I've tried everything and cannot exit withouth creating a button to stop the timer...

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Difference Between Timer And Thread?

May 11, 2010

I used Timer in VB. then, I want to convert a program with VB.net. So, I used Thread instead of Timer. Then, I am curious what difference they are?

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Run Timer On Separate Thread

Jun 2, 2012

I just finished up my space invaders movement and with all the other timers running it really bogs it down. So I think the best solution would be to make the timers run on separate threads. I know roughly how to do this from a old example I read a long time ago. So I just need a simple sample code to refresh my memory please. Maybe something with message boxes or something to demonstrate the process.

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Extend My Interval Timer Timer To Include Hours In Addition To Minutes And Seconds?

Aug 2, 2010

What I need to do to make this code work for hours as well?[code]...

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.net - Accurate Windows Timer - System.Timers.Timer() Is Limited To 15 Msec

Jan 15, 2009

I need an accurate timer to interface a Windows application to a piece of lab equipment.I used System.Timers.Timer() to create a timer that ticks every 10 msec, but this clock runs slow. For example 1000 ticks with an interval of 10 msec should take 10 wall-clock seconds, but it actually takes more like 20 wall-clock sec (on my PC). I am guessing this is because System.Timers.Timer() is an interval timer that is reset every time it elapses. Since it will always take some time between when the timer elapses and when it is reset (to another 10msec) the clock will run slow. This probably fine if the interval is large (seconds or minutes) but unacceptable for very short intervals.Is there a function on Windows that will trigger a procedure every time the system clock crosses a 10 msec (or whatever) boundary?

UPDATE: System.Timers.Timer() is extremely inaccurate for small intervals.I wrote a simple program that counted 10 seconds several ways:

Interval=1, Count=10000, Run time = 160 sec, msec per interval=16
Interval=10, Count=1000, Run time = 16 sec, msec per interval=15
Interval=100, Count=100, Run time = 11 sec, msec per interval=110
Interval=1000, Count=10, Run time = 10 sec, msec per interval=1000

It seems like System.Timers.Timer() cannot tick faster that about 15 msec, regardless of the interval setting.Note that none of these tests seemed to use any measurable CPU time, so the limit is not the CPU, just a .net limitation (bug?)For now I think I can live with an inaccurate timer that triggers a routine every 15 msec or so and the routine gets an accurate system time. Kinda strange, but...I also found a shareware product ZylTimer.NET that claims to be a much more accurate .net timer (resolution of 1-2 msec). This may be what I need. If there is one product there are likely others.

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Asp.net - Local Static Variables In Timer.Tick Event (Stopping A Timer)

Jul 9, 2009

I have a timer on a page in ASP.NET.

After a certain period of time elapses, I want to disable the timer.

I want to put a static variable in the timers tick event that will track how many seconds have elapsed.

My question is, will this work?

If user X and Y are viewing the page will they both have separate local static variables?

What is the best method of shutting down an ASP.NET timer after a certain elapsed time?

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How To Make A Timer To Work On Another Thread?

Aug 19, 2009

i have a timer and i want its calculation will be done on another thread, since the timer tick event start whenever its enable property is set to true i don't see how to force it to work in another thread.

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Inconsistant Thread Sleep Timer?

Apr 5, 2011

Ok so I have been playing with VB.net and brainstorming ways to accomplish launching a thread reliably every 60 seconds reguardless of how long the prior thread took to do it's work. Here is my question. Given the following code:

[Code]...

My assumption for this output would be that the time between each line would have to be exactly 5000 milliseconds plus the time it takes to execute the rest of the loop which could vary given that there could be an unknown delay due to disk IO. My problem is that looking at lines 10 and 11 and subtracting gives me a difference of 4,958 milliseconds. So my question is what the heck is going on there? How is it possible to get a difference of less than 5000 milliseconds when I have told the thread to sleep for 5000 milliseconds before completing the process. What am I missing?

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Timer Within Thread Within Windows Service

Dec 6, 2011

Right now I have a windows service which only task is to gather data from a database with a specific DSN and then send out an email if the data is valid. The service contains a timer which ticks every 5 minuts and performs the tasks above.Now I need to re-write the windows service to be able to run on more than 1 DSN.I was thinking of making several threads inside the windows service and then again have a seperat timer inside each thread.Is this a good idea and how can this be done? I want to avoid having a windows service for each DSN.[code]

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Using A Timer To Delay Main Thread?

Feb 3, 2011

is the first time I tried to use a timer - can't understand why it doesn't work!I need to suspend the main thread for a preset time 'delaymSecs' then let the thread continue.I tried this code fragment:-

System.Timers
'(etc)
Public

[code].....

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Create An Array Of Timer - Raise The Tick Event For A Particular Timer?

Jan 11, 2011

I want to create an array of timer in vb.net. My problem is that how will i raise the tick event for a particular timer, say mytimer(x).tick and inside the tick event there is also a button, say mybutton(x) which changes location every interval. for example:

public class blah
dim mybuttons(20) as button
dim mytimer(20) as timer
private sub form_load(....) handles me.load
for x as integer = 0 to 20

[Code]...

i dont know what to do next, all i want is to pass the button mybuttons(x) to mytimer(x) tick event, in which their index number are the same. i want to create one timer per button. how to do that? please help me and post example codes. i've researched the net but i cant understand passing variables, addhandlers, etc. i'm just new to programming object oriented.

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VS 2010 Incorporate The Timer So Once A Page Loads The Timer Activates?

Jul 4, 2011

How can I incorporate the timer so once a page loads the timer activates, waits a few seconds then I tell my program what to do next.I tried this code but it didnt work:

Timer1.Interval = 5000
Timer1.Enabled = True
Timer1.Start()

[code]....

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Timer And 64bit Processor - Timer That Doesn't Work?

Sep 30, 2010

Everything is nice and dandy on my pc, then I compile, move it to its final destination and I doesn't work! At first I thought it was a OS problem, but both machines has win7, I then thought it was a compilation problem, installed visual studio on the other pc, recompiled still with no luck, then it dawned on me, may it be a problem of 32bit vs 64bit?The piece of code is this:[code]....

By the way is not a problem of mouse_event, is the timer that doesn't work

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Timer Control In VB - When I Click Outside Of The Form, The Timer Stops?

Mar 24, 2009

I have a timer in vb.net and it's interval is 1000ms ,. i have placed in it's timer_tick event a code that will print screen the screen and save it to a database.The problem is when i click outside of the form, or loosing the focus of the mouse to the form containing that timer/printscreen, the timer stops. As a result the printscreen also stops.here are it's properties:

generate member = true
interval = 1000
modifiers = friend

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Create A Timer To Execute On A Separate Thread?

Jan 23, 2012

Currently I'm creating a task that runs a hardware i/o loop for the duration of my program.i.e. it's a task that's created at the program's start and runs a loop that is only broken at the programs termination. Each loop cycle communicates via ethernet to hardware.depending on time outs each cycle takes 30-300 msec)I've noticed that if the loop runs with out any break that the program really slows down... to counter act that I placed a thread.sleep(x) in the loop

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VS 2010 Timer Event Not Firing In Background Thread?

Nov 6, 2011

When I run the following code in the UI thread, it works without issue.

VB.NET private timer as new timer public sub test()timer.enabled = true timer.interval = 1000 timer.start()addhandler timer.tick, addressof timer_tickend sub private sub timer_tick(...) messagebox.show("fff")end sub

But if I run it within a background thread, nothing happens.

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.net - Systems.timer.timer Unwanted Multithreading?

Jul 14, 2011

I recently switched my code from using the windows.forms.timer to the systems.timer.timer and it has resulted in a multithreading error. I'm using the timer to trigger just one event so multithreading shouldn't be an issue. To give more detail I have implemented the timer at follows:
At the top of the class I have: Private Shared timr1sec As System.Timers.Timer

When the program loads (Private Sub Test_load):
timr1sec = New System.Timers.Timer(1000)
AddHandler timr1sec.Elapsed, AddressOf OnTimedEvent

In OnTimedEvent I call several subroutines, and write some data to the screen using a ListView object.VisualExpress throws the multithreading error on the last line of this code, which is in OnTimedEvent

[Code]...

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VB6 Create Object Of Timer Instead Of Timer Control

Nov 6, 2009

VB6 create object of timer instead of timer control

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VS 2008 Timer - Possible To Use A Timer To Delay Code?

Apr 6, 2009

Is it possible to use a timer to delay code? For example:

[code]...

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VS 2008 Start Timer On A Separate Thread, So It Doesn't Block The UI?

Sep 17, 2009

Is it possible to start a timer on a separate thread so it doesn't block the user interface, or do I have to make a thread that I call from the timer?

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C# - Prevent System.Timers.Timer From Queuing For Execution On A Thread Pool?

Feb 2, 2011

There is a problem with standard System.Timers.Timer behaviour. The timer raise Elapsed event with some interval. But when time of execution inside Elapsed event handler exceed timer interval then thread pool begin queuing event handling. This is a problem in my case. This is because with my Elapsed event handler I fetch some data from database and doing something with it and finally save results back to database. But data handling should be provided only once. So, is there a way to prevent from queuing elapse events for System.Timers.Timer.

As illustration for this issue you can consider next test program:

[code]...

2) Second way is about SynchronizingObject, but it is a valuable only for Windows form application or required additional development of code for implementing object that would be implements ISynchronizeInvoke interface. More about this way you can find here

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Animation - Link The Timer To The"timer Start Button" And Make It Move?

Mar 15, 2009

I already created a button "enjoy button" that i want to move in a form when the "timer start button" is clicked.how do link the timer to the"timer start button" and make it move? this is what i tried so far..then am blank first

Quote:
Private Sub MainForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Me.xTimer.Enabled = False
xTimer.Interval = 10[code].........

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Update Control On Win Form: Windows-based-timer Vs Server-based-timer

Feb 24, 2011

In a vb 2010 project, I have 2 win forms: Form1 and Form2.

In the Form1 class there is a server-based timer: when the "elapsed event" fires, then I update the text of a Label1 on the Form2. A very simple code:

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VS 2008 - Timer Set To 5000 (5 Seconds) And The Code In The Timer Takes Longer Than 5 Seconds?

Jun 14, 2012

Quick question - if I have a timer set to 5000 (5 seconds) and the code in the timer takes longer than 5 seconds to run because of sql stuff, will the timer wait until the code is done till it fires again?

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VS 2008 Difference Between System.Timers.Timer And System.Windows.Forms.Timer?

Jun 15, 2009

I'm wondering what exactly is the difference System.Timers.Timer and System.Windows.Forms.Timer???

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Timer Pauses (sort Of) The Display Portion (label) Of The Timer Indeed Pauses?

Oct 27, 2009

My timer pauses (sort of the display portion (label) of the timer indeed pauses, however when the timer is resumed it starts again, but not at the point where it was disabled. As an example. If I pause the timer at 10:00 and wait ten seconds when I hit resume it starts at 09:50, where it should resume at 10:00 or 09:59

Module Helper
Public SessionTime As String
Public Pause As Boolean = False[code].....

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