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| Rich P... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:33 pm |
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I created a simple custom usercontrol that displays current time and
changes the color of a label control every second. I added a timer
control to my custom control and then added this to a winform app for
testing and for release. It works fine, but I think there is a more
desired way to run a custom control like this than using a timer.
My question is this - Is there is a better/more desired way to run a
clock in a user control than using a timer control? I am thinking like
tapping into the OS for the system clock or tapping into the network
server - I think I saw a sample like that but was not able to get it to
run.
Note: this project is mainly a training project for me.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or sample code.
Rich
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| Rich P... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:28 am |
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Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am referring to the Timer control in the
VS toolbox (the thing that is shaped like an alarm clock). I think,
more specifically, I was concerned about the cross threading that you
mention in your reply. I have read articles referencing threading.timer
and system.Timer, and just wanted to sort this all out.
Rich
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| Jeff Johnson... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:25 pm |
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"Rich P" <rpng123 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:%23yIngoxVKHA.1280 at (no spam) TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
Quote: Yes, I am referring to the Timer control in the
VS toolbox (the thing that is shaped like an alarm clock).
I mention this merely for the sake of mentioning this: I think it's really
supposed to look like a stopwatch. |
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