Help with timers

[gearbolt]

I am trying to load a form from my sub main function but the timer never fires can you tell what am i doing wrong.

 

Thanks

 

 

Public Class MainClass

 

Friend Shared WithEvents t As New Timer()

 

Public Shared Sub Main()

 

Dim cl As New MainClass()

 

t.Interval = 1

t.Enabled = True

 

cl.LoadSplash()

 

End Sub

 

Public Function LoadSplash()

 

t.Start()

 

End Function

 

 

Private Shared Sub t_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles t.Tick

MsgBox("Event")

 

 

End Sub

 

End Class

 

 

[code]

 

thanks

[JABE]

For non-Windows apps, use System.Timers.Timer. Also, give time for the timer to raise its Elapsed event.

 

Public Class MainClass
   Friend Shared WithEvents t As New System.Timers.Timer()

   Public Shared Sub Main()

       Dim cl As New MainClass()

       t.Interval = 1
       t.Enabled = True

       cl.LoadSplash()
       '-Give timer chance to raise Elapsed event.
       Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...")
       Console.ReadLine()
   End Sub

   Public Function LoadSplash()

       t.Start()

   End Function


   Private Shared Sub t_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs) Handles t.Elapsed
       MsgBox("Event")
   End Sub
End Class

 

An alternative to timers would be to use threads.

[gearbolt]

Thanks for the reply. I ran your code but I had to make a few modifactions since I was making a GUI App and not a Console App.

 

I have another question though.

Since the timer was created in code how do I clean it up after it has completed its job. do i just set the timer to nothing.

 

thanks again

[mutant]

Just use the Dispose() method of the timer, the GarbageCollector will take care of freeing up the memory.