How to create delay in the printing of a string without using timer.

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I have this program and in it I want to print a string but after some delay........I did some research and found out that I need to use the timer but the problem is I dont know how to use it I have tried to find out how to use timers but i dont understand them as they are high-level and i am only a beginner so I wanted to know if there is some other method to do so....please help.......Thanks in advance.........

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Ahsan Naveed.

Posted 23-Aug-13 3:22am

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ZurdoDev 23-Aug-13 9:23am

The other method would be to write a loop but that is a terrible way. I would suggest you find a tutorial or read the docs on timers since that is the right way to do it.

Ahsan98 23-Aug-13 9:29am

I tried to use loop like this

for(int a=0;a==9999;a++){
}
textbox1.text="Hello";

this is only an example the real code i didnt upload because I think it would be too large and thus inappropriate to write.........

ZurdoDev 23-Aug-13 9:32am

It's a terrible way to do it. Years ago processors were slow enough that you could do it that way but as processors get faster and faster the loop won't even cause a delay. Why do you need to wait?

Ahsan98 23-Aug-13 9:35am

i need to wait in the real program not here this was just an example i didnt write the real code b/c it was too long........

Ahsan98 23-Aug-13 9:33am

hi i tried using loops but i didnt work.......

for(int a=0;a==999999;a++){}
label1.text==hello;
but the result still comes quickly.........i dont know what to do please give me some detail on how to use a loop..........timers are a little above level and would take mounths untill i get a better understanding but i nee it now please help.........................

ZurdoDev 23-Aug-13 9:52am

Don't use a loop. Use a timer. Take the time to learn it. Why do you need a delay anyway?

[no name] 23-Aug-13 9:32am

Just use a timer. They aren't that hard to deal with.

Ahsan98 23-Aug-13 9:37am

ill try but could you give some link that gives easy description.............

[no name] 23-Aug-13 9:43am

The documentation is the best place to start http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timers.timer.aspx

[no name] 23-Aug-13 9:45am

http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/sample_chapter/article.php/c7763/Working-with-a-Timer-in-C-The-Basics.htm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23T04:08:00

A Timer is the right way to do it, and they are a lot easier to use than it looks! :laugh:
All you need to do is create a Timer object, initialize it, and add a handler method.

Create:

C#

private Timer myTimer = new Timer();

Initialize:

C#

myTimer.Interval = 250;
myTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(myTimer_Tick);
myTimer.Start();

Handler method:

C#

void myTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    // Do your code here
    }

Whatever code you put inside the myTimer_Tick method will be executed every 250 milliseconds - or 4 times a second (that's what the value I put in the Interval property causes)

So if you want to print a string once, after a delay of ten seconds, then:

C#

private Timer myTimer = new Timer();

private void myForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    myTimer.Interval = 10000;
    myTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(myTimer_Tick);
    }

private void myButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    myTimer.Start();
    }

void myTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    Console.WriteLine("Hello");
    myTimer.Stop();
    }

If you don't add the "Stop" call, it will repeat until your application ends.

Ron Beyer · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23T04:17:00

If you really don't want to use a timer, you can do something like this:

C#

public static class Main()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Delaying for 5 seconds:");

    for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);

    Console.WriteLine("Back to work!");
}

Why the for loop?
Sleep blocks the main thread and does not perform the application message pump. Short delays (1-3 seconds) work fine (because it takes longer for the OS to detect the application isn't responding), but longer delays will cause the operating system to detect a non-responding application. Using a for loop allows the main application message pump to respond to the operating system and keep the "application not responding" or the screen from being greyed out from happening.

But I will say that Timer really is the proper way to do this. From the above explanation you can see that using Sleep has its disadvantages, and the only real valid place to use the Sleep is in threads that you create that you want to suspend while waiting for something to happen outside of the thread's control.

How to create delay in the printing of a string without using timer.

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