A clock made of a label

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Well, as a start, this is my first post.
I have little to no c# experience but, I have had a lot of PHP at school about a month ago, also, HTML is a peace of cake for me.

So, now my question.

I want to make a real time clock for my WindowsForms application and I want it to make it out of a label. So, how do I do that?

I'm using:

C#

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss");

but, it won't refresh.

sorry, for me, being so dumb....

Posted 26-Mar-11 11:31am

Just_Michel

Updated 27-Mar-11 0:30am

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public The_Launch()
{
InitializeComponent();
System.Windows.Forms.Timer timer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
timer.Interval = 500;
timer.Tick += (sender, eventArgs) =>
{
label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss");
};
timer.Start();
}

and, it works..

Posted 27-Mar-11 0:42am

Just_Michel

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-26T11:35:00

Solution 1

It won't refresh if you don't refresh it. Use a timer and write the same very code line you posted in the timer event.

C#

Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.Interval = 500;
timer.Tick += (sender, eventArgs) => {
    myLabel.Text = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("MM:hh:ss");
}; 
timer.Start();

—SA

Posted 26-Mar-11 11:35am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 26-Mar-11 12:12pm

v2

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Just_Michel 26-Mar-11 17:36pm

how? :$
example?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Mar-11 17:48pm

Try yourself first, ask a follow-up Question if you face any problem. This is how CodeProject usually work. This is easy to do, a matter of minutes.
Please post it using "Improve question".
--SA

Richard MacCutchan 27-Mar-11 6:58am

Neat solution, have a 5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Mar-11 14:13pm

Thank you, Richard, that's easy.
--SA

CPallini 27-Mar-11 8:20am

5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Mar-11 14:13pm

Thank you.
--SA