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John Terry
John Terry

Reputation:

Timer class and C#

I have a program written in C#. I want the Timer class to run a function at a specific time.

E.g : run function X at 20:00 PM

How can I do that using the Timer class?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1139

Answers (5)

Lloyd Powell
Lloyd Powell

Reputation: 18810

Use the Timer Tick event to check (Set the tick to a suitable value) then in the tick event:

DateTime Now = DateTime.Now;

if(Now.Hours == DateTimeCallX.Hours 
 && Now.Minutes == DateTimeCallX.Minutes 
 && xHasRan == false)
  {
  x();
  xHasRan = true;
  }

DateTimeCallX being a DateTime object set to 20:00.
xHasRan is a boolean stating whether the function has been called, this will be initially set to false and set to true after x has been called so that if the timer tick runs again in the same minute then it won't run the function again.

Upvotes: 2

veggerby
veggerby

Reputation: 9020

You would have to calculate the number of milliseconds until 20:00 PM or use a scheduler like Quartz.NET.

Upvotes: 0

Charles Bretana
Charles Bretana

Reputation: 146557

Set the timer to run a method that checks what time it is, and run your code if the desired time has past, or goes back to sleep for FEW MILLISECONDS IF IT HAS NOT.

Upvotes: -1

SwDevMan81
SwDevMan81

Reputation: 50028

Good way of firing an event at a particular time of day?

Upvotes: 4

Yes - that Jake.
Yes - that Jake.

Reputation: 17129

When the timer fires, check the time and whether the function has run that day. If the time is after 20:00 and the function hasn't been called, call it. Otherwise, exit and wait for the next event.

Also, keep in mind that the forms timer and System.Threading.Timer work slightly differently.

Upvotes: 2

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