Time delay in loop

[mancroft]

Time delay in loop

Hello

I am trying to put a 5 seconds time delay into a loop.

The following code isn't working.

Any ideas, please?

Thank you.

[CUT-DOWN CODE]

 Public theshowresultstimer As New System.Timers.Timer(5000)

do

Beep()

Me.theshowresultstimer.Start()

Beep()


loop while....

[mendhak]

Thread.Sleep(500)

[mancroft]

Cor, mendhak. That was quick!

Just out of curiosity, is there any way to do this without stopping the entire thread?

[mendhak]

Isn't that what you wanted? Can you elaborate?

[Zakary]

Cor, mendhak. That was quick!

Just out of curiosity, is there any way to do this without stopping the entire thread?

Well you may do your loop into another thread

[mancroft]

Isn't that what you wanted? Can you elaborate?

Well, the code below is for another timer (for 45 seconds) but this one fires off a button click and does not appear to stop the entire program.

What i'd like is something like that but in a loop without a button trigger.

Dim thetimer As New System.Timers.Timer(45000)

 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        AddHandler thetimer.Elapsed, AddressOf TimerFired

End sub

 Public Sub TimerFired(ByVal sender As Object, _
               ByVal e As System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs)

        Beep()

        thetimer.Enabled = False

        flag = 2

    End Sub

[gigemboy]

Why don't you just put the Beep() in the Tick Event of the Timer??? That way the Beep() would fire at every interval of the timer...

** Sorry... didnt read your last post.. seems thats what youre doing now...

You would just put your interval for 5000, for 5 seconds, then you can have a variable that you increment in the Tick event..., like a Counter (declared outside of the timer). Then when that counter is 9 (9*5 = 45), then disable the timer and call the code you need...