illustrates the use of the Timer class : Timer : Development Class C# Source Code

    

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

/*
  Example14_5.cs illustrates the use of the Timer class
*/

using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Example14_5 
{

  // the CheckTime method is called by the Timer
  public static void CheckTime(Object state) 
  {
    Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);
  }

  public static void Main() 
  {

    // create the delegate that the Timer will call
    TimerCallback tc = new TimerCallback(CheckTime);

    // create a Timer that runs twice a second, starting in one second
    Timer t = new Timer(tc, null, 1000, 500);

    // Wait for user input
    Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to exit");
    int i = Console.Read();

    // clean up the resources
    t.Dispose();
    t = null;

  }

}