Delay help needed

[kidz14]

ok lets say i have a list of objects that i want to put in lets say the list look like this.

hello
bye
yay
lol
john

although lets say the first one had to go into a the textbox after 1 second and the 2 had to go in after 3 second and the thrid after 2 seconds, and so on....

is there i way i can do something like

textbox1.text = "hello"
delay 2 sec
textbox1.text = "bye"
delay 3 sec
textbox1.text = "yay"

thank you for your time/help

[Zapper]

do u know how timer works?
ill give u a basic idea and then im sure ull be able to figure out the rest

once u create a timer and start it with 'Timer1.start()' it will do the spicified actions under a timer.tick sub, such will be automatically creates if u double click on ur timer.

Under the timer properties, you'll see interval, which means how much delay between each "Tick"

Heres an example:
'create a timer in ur design called timer1
in ur form.load type: "Timer1.start()"

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Static x As Integer
        If x = 1 Then
            textbox1.text = "Hello"
        ElseIf x = 2 Then
            textbox1.text = "bye"
        ElseIf x = 3 Then
            textbox1.text = "yay"
        End If
        x += 1
    End Sub

Hope that helps!

[kidz14]

I found a different way

textbox1.text = "hello"
Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
textbox1.text = "bye"
Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000)
and so on

than you all for the help

[Troy Lundin]

Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000)

That method is not recommended. If used on your UI thread your program will freeze. I would go with the timer method as it creates it uses it's own thread.

[kidz14]

ah i noticed lol but i'm try'n to avoid a timer maybe if it's possible to have multiple timers that have different timespans in them like maybe

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick

timer1.interval = 2000

end sub

multiple timers that have different timespans in them like maybe

Private Sub Timer2_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick

timer2.interval = 3000

end sub

then like

textbox1.text
timer1()
textbox1.text
timer2().....

[VBDT]

I don't get it you say you want to avoid Timer but then you say you want multiple Timers for the job. Why use multiple Timers if you can use one. The Zapper's example will do the jub with a small addition:

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Static x As Integer
        If x = 1 Then
            textbox1.text = "Hello"
        ElseIf x = 2 Then
            textbox1.text = "bye"
        ElseIf x = 3 Then
            textbox1.text = "yay"
        End If
        If x < 3 Then
            x += 1
        Else
            'Stop the Timer
            x = 0
            Me.Timer1.Enabled = False
        End If
 
    End Sub