My C# Timer Does Not Work

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I am using a timer in my application to update progressbar. I have a button to start the timer.

C#

private void btnLogin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
            timer1.Start();
 }

I have timer interval set to 1000. So, it should tick after every 1000 msec. I have some code to be executed each time the timer ticks. But the problem is, timer never ticks even after clicking the button.

As far as I know, if I start the timer, then it should call the timer.Tick() after the interval.

Posted 9-Oct-11 2:28am

Jyoti Choudhury

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Solution 1

How did you set-up the timer[^], it should look like:

C#

// Create a timer with a ten second interval.
aTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(10000);

// Hook up the Elapsed event for the timer.
aTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(OnTimedEvent);

and the timer function should look like:

C#

// Specify what you want to happen when the Elapsed event is
// raised.
private static void OnTimedEvent(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
}

Posted 9-Oct-11 2:38am

André Kraak

Updated 9-Oct-11 2:39am

v3

Solution 3

I think this will solve ur Problem :-
Jst Read This what r going here .....

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"  CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script  runat="server">
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        List<string> Quote = new List<string>();
        Quote.Add("A");
        Quote.Add("B");
        Quote.Add("C");

        Random rnd = new Random();
        lblQuote.Text = Quote[rnd.Next(Quote.Count)];
    }
    </script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head  runat="server">
    <title>Timer Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1"  runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server"/>
        <asp:Timer ID="Timer1" Interval="2000" runat="server"/> 
        <fieldset>
        <legend>Quotes</legend>
            <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
            <triggers>
            <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" EventName="Tick" />
            </triggers>
            <contenttemplate>
            <asp:Label ID="lblQuote" runat="server" />
            </contenttemplate>
            
        </fieldset>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html></string></string>

Posted 9-Oct-11 3:40am

indrish

Updated 9-Oct-11 3:53am

v2

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RaviRanjanKr 9-Oct-11 9:54am

Minor Edited in your answer. just used "Pre" tag to wrap your code.

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-09T02:42:00

Solution 2

If you are using - 'System.Timers.Timer', make sure the Timer's Enabled property is set to true.

Posted 9-Oct-11 2:42am

Abhinav S

Updated 9-Oct-11 2:43am

v2

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André Kraak 9-Oct-11 8:50am

If I read the documentation correctly Timer.Start() and Timer.Enabled=true do the same thing.

Abhinav S 9-Oct-11 8:53am

Not sure. Will Timer.Start() work if the Timer is disabled?
Setting Timer.Enabled = true will start the timer and you are correct in that sense.

André Kraak 9-Oct-11 8:59am

I think so.

Timer.Enabled is false by default and it's documentation (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timers.timer.enabled.aspx) says in the remark section "Setting Enabled to true is the same as calling Start, while setting Enabled to false is the same as calling Stop.".

Jyoti Choudhury 9-Oct-11 9:13am

Thanks for your answers. my problem has been solved.