timing operations

So here I am trying to time a form's load and I'm not quite sure how to go about it.
In vb6 I'd do this:

dim start as double
dim lapsed as double

start = timer
lapsed = timer - start

and it actually worked for a console application in .net but not when I've tried it in a form. I've looked at the Timer property in MSDN and it doesn't specify what context the example its used in.
Any ideas?

Try this

VB Code:

dim intStartTime as int32
dim intEndTime as int32
dim dblElapseTime as Double 
dim strTime as String
 
intStartTime = System.Environment.TickCount
...
intEndTime = System.Environment.TickCount
dblElapseTime = (mintEndTime – mintStartTime) / 1000
strTime = dblElapseTime.Tostring & " Seconds"

Thank you.
It works well. :)

I believe this is the method you are after:

VB Code:

Dim Start As Double = DateAndTime.Timer()
 
        Code…
 
        Dim Finish As Double = DateAndTime.Timer()
        Me.Text = CStr(Start & " : " & Finish & " :: " & Finish - Start)

Try this:

VB Code:

Dim TimeNow As New DateTime()
 
TimeNow = Now
Now.Subtract(TimeNow).TotalSeconds ' This is the elapsed time

There are also other properties:
.TotalDays
.TotalHours
.TotalMinutes
.TotalSeconds <---- the one I used in the above example
.TotalMilliseconds
They all convert the value of the time from ticks to their respective units. They have whole and fractional part.