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Creating a Timer Using the Amazing New Windows 7 Features

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This article shows how to create a simple egg timer that uses features new to Windows 7.
//Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using MS.WindowsAPICodePack.Internal;

namespace Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell
{
    internal class EnumUnknownClass : IEnumUnknown
    {
        List<ICondition> conditionList = new List<ICondition>();
        int current = -1;

        internal EnumUnknownClass(ICondition[] conditions)
        {
            conditionList.AddRange(conditions);
        }

        #region IEnumUnknown Members

        public HRESULT Next(uint requestedNumber, ref IntPtr buffer, ref uint fetchedNumber)
        {
            current++;

            if (current < conditionList.Count)
            {
                buffer = Marshal.GetIUnknownForObject(conditionList[current]);
                fetchedNumber = 1;
                return HRESULT.S_OK;
            }
            else
            {
                return HRESULT.S_FALSE;
            }
        }

        public HRESULT Skip(uint number)
        {
            int temp = current + (int)number;

            if (temp > (conditionList.Count - 1))
                return HRESULT.S_FALSE;
            else
            {
                current = temp;
                return HRESULT.S_OK;
            }
        }

        public HRESULT Reset()
        {
            current = -1;
            return HRESULT.S_OK;
        }

        public HRESULT Clone(out IEnumUnknown result)
        {
            result = new EnumUnknownClass(this.conditionList.ToArray());
            return HRESULT.S_OK;
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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