Making DispatcherTimer.Start() count as a tick

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I have a dispatchertimer in WPF and I am finding it very frustrating because when I Start() it, it does not count as a tick. At the moment it's functionality is like this:

Start() [interval]
[tick]
[interval]
[tick]
...
How can I make it so the Start() counts as a tick and it starts immediately and make it work like this?:
Start() [tick]
[interval]
[tick]
Otherwise I have to duplicate what happens in the tick event before starting the timer which is not very efficient as I just want the timer to start immediately.

Posted 30-Nov-13 7:35am

Henry Hunt

Updated 30-Nov-13 7:37am

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CHill60 30-Nov-13 15:00pm

You could create a derived timer object and over ride the Start method to include a call to base.OnTick

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Dec-13 0:44am

Don't you think it's even easier than that? Please see my answer.
—SA

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I suggest not to break your head over the insignificant problem. Of course, never duplicate anything, ever. Create a separate method to be called from the tick handler and also call it at start. It would be a perfectly clean approach.

—SA

Posted 30-Nov-13 18:43pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Henry Hunt · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-30T22:46:00

Solution 2

All I did was just call the tick event after starting the timer. I know its probably not the best way but it worked for what I needed.

Posted 30-Nov-13 22:46pm

Henry Hunt