Hi,

What is the best way to release all resources holded by the Timer
(myTimer from class System.Timers.Timer)?

Is it:
1- myTimer.dispose
2- myTimer.enabled = false
3- myTimer.close

I want to have the timer set to nothing so I can recreate a new one, I
want to do this in a second step:

myTimer = New System.Timers.Timer
AddHandler myTimer.Elapsed, AddressOf ListenToRequest
myTimer.Interval = 100
myTimer.Enabled = True

I am asking this because it seem that the timer loop a couple of time
before being stopped, and raising errors by the way.
This is my original code:
myTimer.Dispose()
myTimer = New System.Timers.Timer
AddHandler tmrClientQwery.Elapsed, AddressOf ListenToRequest
myTimer.Interval = 100
myTimer.Enabled = True

Thank you very much

The Timer.Enabled actually destroys the timer internally anyway. The extra
timer event's you're seeing are probably due to messages that are in the
queue. This can happen if you do a lot of processing in the timer tick
handler such as drawing on screen or disc access.

A more accurate and reliable timer can be found in System.Threading. The
dlegate for this timer is called directly and there are never any messages
hanging around in the queue.

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"User" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:x3dHc.9484$Rf.5781@edtnps84...
> Hi,
>
> What is the best way to release all resources holded by the Timer
> (myTimer from class System.Timers.Timer)?
>
> Is it:
> 1- myTimer.dispose
> 2- myTimer.enabled = false
> 3- myTimer.close
>
> I want to have the timer set to nothing so I can recreate a new one, I
> want to do this in a second step:
>
> myTimer = New System.Timers.Timer
> AddHandler myTimer.Elapsed, AddressOf ListenToRequest
> myTimer.Interval = 100
> myTimer.Enabled = True
>
> I am asking this because it seem that the timer loop a couple of time
> before being stopped, and raising errors by the way.
> This is my original code:
> myTimer.Dispose()
> myTimer = New System.Timers.Timer
> AddHandler tmrClientQwery.Elapsed, AddressOf ListenToRequest
> myTimer.Interval = 100
> myTimer.Enabled = True
>
> Thank you very much
>

Thanks ,

I tried this System.Threading.Timer. Is it possible that it
automatically create many threads that run the code in the elapsed event?

How can I be sure that I have only one thread under this timer?

Thank you!



Bob Powell [MVP] wrote:
> The Timer.Enabled actually destroys the timer internally anyway. The extra
> timer event's you're seeing are probably due to messages that are in the
> queue. This can happen if you do a lot of processing in the timer tick
> handler such as drawing on screen or disc access.
>
> A more accurate and reliable timer can be found in System.Threading. The
> dlegate for this timer is called directly and there are never any messages
> hanging around in the queue.
>