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Adrian Jordan
Adrian Jordan

Reputation: 19

Issue with DispatcherTimer for a Countdown clock

I have started developing a quiz app that will have a 60 second count down for each question. I searched other issues but could not find my specific issue. When the first question is displayed the screen dsplays "60" and the countdown proceeds normally. However, when the second questions is generated (after a button click submit) the counter starts again, but this time uses 2 second intervals. Then when the third question generates after a click, it counts down in 3 second intervals! I then noticed that the timer display starts 1 second less in each question. (ex Question 1 starts with 60, Question 2 starts with 59......)

This is my first time using DispatcherTimer so I'm learning as I go. My goal is for the timer to always countdown in 1 second intervals.

public sealed partial class QuickPage : Page
{
    DispatcherTimer timeLeft = new Dispatcher();
    int timesTicked = 60;

    public void CountDown()
    {
        timeLeft.Tick += timeLeft_Tick;
        timeLeft.Interval = new TimeSpan(0,0,0,1);
        timeLeft.Start();
    }

    public void timeLeft_Tick(object sender, object e)
    {
        lblTime.Text = timesTicked.ToString();

        if (timesTicked > 0)
        {
            timesTicked--;
        }
        else
        {
            timeLeft.Stop();
            lblTime.Text = "Times Up";
        }
    }
}

I then use a button click where if th user is right:

timeLeft.Stop();
timesTicked = 60
QuestionGenerator();

The Question Generator fucntion looks like this:

private void QuestionGenerator()
{
    CountDownTimer();

    if (iAsked < 6)
    {
        //Code to generate random question
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 857

Answers (1)

Yoh Deadfall
Yoh Deadfall

Reputation: 2781

Do not subscribe to the DispatcherTimer every time you call CountDown.

DispatcherTimer timeLeft;
int timesTicked = 60;

public QuickPage()
{
    timeLeft = new Dispatcher();
    timeLeft.Tick += timeLeft_Tick;
    timeLeft.Interval = new TimeSpan(0,0,0,1);
}

private void QuestionGenerator()
{
    timeLeft.Start();

    if (iAsked < 6)
    {
        //Code to generate random question
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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