A real time updating interface

[Beorne]

Hello, I'm a Java programmer and I'm new to C# (I've read something but
I've no real programming experience). I'm programming a form that
displays some data from an external source (i.e. a com port) ad
displays it. The updating cycle is about every second. The windows form
has a few controls.

In Java there is the swing Timer class that implements a worker thread
that is activated every n millisec and is synchronized with the
interface event threads. Is there something similar in C#? Any example?
Thank you very much.

 

[Beorne]

Beorne,

The System.Windows.Forms.Timer and System.Timers.Timer can both be
synchronized with the main UI thread.

Brian

How could I synchronize the Windows.Forms.Timer with the main UI
Thread?

Thanks!

 

[Brian Gideon]

How could I synchronize the Windows.Forms.Timer with the main UI
Thread?

Thanks!

I wasn't very clear. Actually, the System.Windows.Forms.Timer is
always synchronized with the UI thread. The System.Timers.Timer can
either use the UI thread or a ThreadPool thread depending on how the
SynchronizingObject property is set.

Brian

 

[Beorne]

I wasn't very clear. Actually, the System.Windows.Forms.Timer is
always synchronized with the UI thread. The System.Timers.Timer can
either use the UI thread or a ThreadPool thread depending on how the
SynchronizingObject property is set.

Brian

The choiche is very simple, i'm developing on Compact Framework and
System.Timers.Timer is not supported.
Thanks!