Use the Timer to trigger event : Timer « Development « C# / CSharp Tutorial

using System;
using System.Timers;
using System.ServiceProcess;

class MainClass
{

    private static void WriteLogEntry(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Timer is active : " + e.SignalTime);
    }

    public static void Main()
    {
        System.Timers.Timer timer = new Timer();
        
        double interval = 1000;

        timer.Interval = interval;
        timer.AutoReset = true;
        timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(WriteLogEntry);
        timer.Start();

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Timer is active : 25/03/2007 2:16:08 PM
Timer is active : 25/03/2007 2:16:09 PM
Timer is active : 25/03/2007 2:16:10 PM
Timer is active : 25/03/2007 2:16:11 PM
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14.17.Timer
	14.17.1.	Use Timer
	14.17.2.	Timer start in detail
	14.17.3.	Create a Timer that runs twice a second, starting in one second
	14.17.4.	A timer demo
	14.17.5.	A Timer that fires once at the specified time
	14.17.6.	Create your own timer event handler
	14.17.7.	Remove event handler
	14.17.8.	Annonymous event handler based on Timer
	14.17.9.	Use the Timer to trigger event
	14.17.10.	Create the delegate that the Timer will call
	14.17.11.	Using ElapsedEventHandler and your own delegate
	14.17.12.	Timer based application
	14.17.13.	Using System.Timers.Timer
	14.17.14.	Using System.Threading.Timer
	14.17.15.	Timer based action firing