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Michael
Michael

Reputation: 43

How to use timer outside main method in a console application

I have a method in a class that returns the data as List.I need to use timer event for this method to execute in different intervals to check the data.And I need to get the return object from the first method to another method.And I have to call the second method from the Main mehtod in console application.

public class clsSample
{
    private static List<string> GetData()
    {            
        data = clsApp.LoadData();
        return data;
    }


    public static void InitTimer()
    {           
        Timer t = new Timer();
        t.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(OnTimedEvent);
        t.Interval = 50000;
        t.Enabled = true;                     
    }

     private static void OnTimedEvent(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
     {             
        GetData();            
     }

}

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        List<string> data = clsSample.GetData();
    }
}

I need to get the return data from GetData() method .But timer need not be called in the Main method.How is this posible?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 398

Answers (1)

Mahmoud-Abdelslam
Mahmoud-Abdelslam

Reputation: 643

put the following on clsSample : 

  public delegate void EventRaiser(List<string> data);
  public event EventRaiser OnDataRetrieved;

and put this on the timer method 

 private static void OnTimedEvent(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
 {                  
     if(OnDataRetrieved !=null)
     {
         OnDataRetrieved(GetData())
     }
 }

then handle the event from the program.cs class

Upvotes: 1

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