VB.NET 2005 - Function based on timer.

[stronius]

I can't seem to get one of my functions to work based on a timer. Every tick of the timer, I'm trying to call a function which will start periodically taking screen shots until the 'Finish' button is pressed. However, I've run into numerous errors and wondered if anyone could give me any insight or suggestions. Here is what I have so far...

Public Class Form1

    Dim ssTimer1 As Timer

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Me.ssTimer1.Enabled = False
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnStart_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnStart.Click

        ssTimer1.Interval = 10000
        ssTimer1.Enabled = True

        AddHandler ssTimer1.Tick, AddressOf RunAC

    End Sub

    Public Sub RunAC()
        < yata yata yata code code code>
    End Sub
End Class

One of the errors included "Public Sub RunAC() does not have the same signature as delegate". This might be really obvious, I'm a recent Computer Programmer / Analyst graduate with intermediate VB.net experience. Any help is appreciated.

[JuggaloBrotha]

You need your event sub to have the same signature (parameters) as the event itself for it to be handled so this:

Public Sub RunAC()
        < yata yata yata code code code>
    End Sub

becomes:

Public Sub RunAC(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        < yata yata yata code code code>
    End Sub

[stanav]

Why do you have to declare you timer in code (and never instantiate it) ? And the RunAC sub doesn't have the same signature of a timer.tick event?

It would be a lot simpler if you just drop a timer from the toolbox to your form in the designer and then double click on the timer's icon to create a timer.tick event handler for it.

[stronius]

Got it working. Thanks guys. Yeah I forgot all about .NET having a timer control. After adding the Timer control, it made things a lot easier.