How to implement usermode timer in C?
How we can implement our own timer function in Windows without using Library functions? Should we deal with assembly language instructions? ...
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How to implement a job that runs every hour but can also be triggered from .aspx pages?
I need a method to run every so often that does some database processing. However, I may need it to be triggerable by an admin on the site. But I don't want this method being run more than once at the same time, as this could cause issues with the way it hits the database. For example, could I... Create a singleton class that runs th...
Class in the BCL that will event at a given DateTime?
Is there an object that will event at a given DateTime or DateTimeOffset? I am using a Timer to do this operation now but it requires a bit of calculation on my part, was just thinking there might already be something in place. ...
How to change timer format
Hi everyone, Ive created timer. How can I change the timer format to second so that it wont be long number? Thanks private long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); Timer timer = new Timer(1000, this); timer.start(); timer.stop(); long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); long timeInMilliseconds = (endTime - startTime); ...
Reset timer
I have tried to reset the timer based on the current time after clicking a button, but it doesnt work. Help :-( private long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); Timer timer = new Timer(1000, this); timer.start(); timer.stop(); long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); long timeInMilliseconds = (endTime - startTime); timer.re...
How to implement a thread safe timer on linux?
As we know, doing things in signal handlers is really bad, because they run in an interrupt-like context. It's quite possible that various locks (including the malloc() heap lock!) are held when the signal handler is called. So I want to implement a thread safe timer without using signal mechanism. How can I do? Sorry, actually, I'm n...
Where has asm/timex.h and get_cycles() gone?
In an older linux distro I could call get_cycle() after including asm/timex.h. Now I changed to Kubuntu 9.04 and there is no asm/timex.h, plus in sys/timex.h there is no get_cycle(). Does anyone know why this changed, how to access this fuction/macro or a replacement for it? Or, even better, where to read information about it? Thanks in ...
timer control in vb.net
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 ...
Synchronizing a timer to prevent overlap
I'm writing a windows service that runs a variable length activity at intervals (a database scan and update). I need this task to run frequently, but the code to handle isn't safe to run multiple times concurrently. How can I most simply set up a timer to run the task every 30 seconds while never overlapping executions? (I'm assuming Sy...
How to use safe threading for a timer(Change timer properties from different thread)
Hello, To access a memo on my form,I use the following code public string TextValue { set { if (this.Memo.InvokeRequired) { this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { this.Memo.Text += value + "\n"; }); } ...
How to access a timer from another class in C#
See Also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/725735/how-to-enable-a-timer-from-a-different-thread-class The timer is assigned to a form and I'd like to Enable it at a specific location,but from another class.I don't want to make it public This is the code I use to access memo public string TextValue { set { ...
How to enable a timer from a different thread/class
Original post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/725413/how-to-access-a-timer-from-another-class-in-c I tried everything. -Event -Invoke can't be done,because Timers don't have InvokeRequired property. -Public/internal property Nothing worked,the code is being executed,the timer.Enabled property is being set to "true" ,but it doesn...
Do .NET Timers Run Asynchronously?
I have a messaging aspect of my application using Jabber-net (an XMPP library.) What I would like to do, if for some reason the connection to the Server is ended, is keep trying to connect every minute or so. If I start a Timer to wait for a period of time before the next attempt, does that timer run asynchronously and the resulting Ti...
Disabling and re-enabling an asp.net Timer control using JavaScript
I have an ASP.Net web page which contains an ASP:Timer control <asp:Timer ID="TimerRefresh" runat="server" Interval="5000" Enabled="true" OnTick="TimerRefresh_Tick"> </asp:Timer> This is linked to by an asp:UpdatePanel in the page, so that a particular portion of the page is refreshed asynchronously. <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1...
ShowDialog, PropertyGrid and Timer problem
I have a strange bug, please, let me know if you have any clues about the reason. I have a Timer (System.Windows.Forms.Timer) on my main form, which fires some updates, which also eventually update the main form UI. Then I have an editor, which is opened from the main form using the ShowDialog() method. On this editor I have a PropertyG...
How-to draw a circle on a changing background
There is a timer on the form and in its Tick event there is this line of code: this.BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#" + ColorCodesBack[_index]); CurrentColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#" + ColorCodesFore[_index]); SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(CurrentColor); g.FillEllipse(sb, this.Width/2 -200...
Proper way to pause a System.Timers.Timer?
I'm looking at how to pause a System.Timers.Timer and I cannot figure out the proper way to pause it without resetting the timer. How to pause it? ...
How can I use a timer in my console application?
How can I use a timer in my console application? I want my console application to work in the background and to do something every 10 minutes, for example. How can I do this? Thanks ...
How do I do timers in Java?
I'm implementing the x-modem protocol in Java. If there is a timeout while I'm receiving a packet then I have to send negative acknowledgment. I have to start a timer, and when the time is up then I send a message to the sender requesting file transfer from the begining. But I'm not getting how to do timers in Java; may I see some sampl...
Call repaint from another class in java?
Hi all. I'm probably doing this wrong, so please be nice. I'm developing a java game, and I'm at the stage of testing character movement / animation. The "person" can move up down left and right on a grid. The class the grid is drawn in the gamePanel class. The buttons are in the gameControlPanel class. I have a button which spawns a p...