Opening Form using Timer Control

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Hi
I want to open a new form when my system watch reads the specified time entered in my data base and my project is minimised in taskbar.

Any kind of help will be highly appreciated...

Thanks
Sangaur

Posted 4-Dec-11 21:20pm

sangaur

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Solution 3

You can achive this by using Timer Control and Properties of Window Form
See this code :

VB

'Declare one Private Varialbe 
Private _TimeLimit As Integer = 0
'Ad this code on Form Load Event
Private Sub Form_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Form1.Load
    Timer1.Enabled = True
    Timer1.Interval = 100
    Timer1.Start()
End Sub
'Add this code on Timer Tick Event
 Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        _TileLimit = _TimeLimit + 1  'Increasing value of _TimeLimit b 1
        If _TimeLimit = 100 Then WindowState = Minimized
        'When _TimeLimit Value is 100 Form gets Minimized.
 End Sub

Here i am taking variable for time you can read time from your DataBase using Ado.Net
I hope it will help you. :)

Posted 5-Dec-11 2:33am

Manoj K Bhoir

Solution 2

Set up a timer with a suitable interval - depending on the accuracy you need, set it to about half that. So it you need it opened within a minute of the time you require, set the interval to 30 seconds (or 30000 in the Interval property.
Set a Tick event handler.
Start the timer.
When the tick event occurs, use DateTime.Now to see if it is time to display your new form. If not, ignore it.
When it is time, stop the timer, construct your new form, and use the Show method on the new instance.

Posted 4-Dec-11 21:47pm

OriginalGriff

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Rakesh Meel · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-04T21:45:00

Solution 1

VB

Private Sub tmrSplash_Timer()

tmrSplash.Enabled = False
frmMain.Show
Unload Me

End Sub

Posted 4-Dec-11 21:45pm

Rakesh Meel