Using an alias to resolve ambiguity : Alias : Language Basics C# Source Code

    

/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa

Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/
// Alias.cs -- demonstrates using an alias to resolve ambiguity
//
//             Compile this program with the following command line:
//                 C:>csc Alias.cs
using System;
using MsgBox = System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox;
using System.Timers;

namespace nsNamespaces
{
    public class Alias
    {
        static Timer timer;
        static public void Main ()
        {
            // Create the timer object.
            timer = new Timer (2000);
            
            // This is a one-shot timer. Set auto reset to false
            timer.AutoReset = false;
            
            // Assign the event handler method.
            timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(ProcessTimerEvent);
            
            // Start the timer.
            timer.Start ();
            
            // Wait for the timeout to occur.
            MsgBox.Show ("Waiting for timer to expire", "Text");
        }

        // Timer event handler.
        private static void ProcessTimerEvent (Object obj, ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            MsgBox.Show ("The timer has expired. Press \"OK\" " +
                         " to terminate the program",
                         "Timer Expired");
            timer.Close ();
            Environment.Exit (0);
        }
    }
}