difference between elapsed and tick events in system.Timers.Timer

[chandu]

Hello,

can u please explain the difference between the two System.Timers.Timer
events [elapsed,and tick]
i want to use the timer in windows service..

please clarify..

thank u
chandu

 

[Marc Gravell]

Elapsed exists, Tick doesn't...

Or more specifically, Tick/Elapsed are (broadly*) equivalent on
System.Windows.Forms.Timer and System.Timers.Timer

*=watch out: System.Timers.Timer.Elapsed fires on an arbitrary thread,
so you may need to synchronise.

Marc

 

[Guest]

This migth help,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/02/TimersinNET/default.aspx