Is there any alternative for Timer Control in Winforms.

Question

Is there any alternative for Timer Control in Winforms using C#. If I don't want to use timer & have to refresh a picturebox at every 4 sec.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer

First of all there are two Timer objects. System.Timers.Timer object System.Windows.Forms.Timer Secondly  no  Timer class is the best way to do it. I won't recommend tinkering around with other objects and items because they will not be as much efficient as .NET's default types. You can use either ones of these classes and get your job done. :-)

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer

I don't understand the purpose of implementing the Timer class when it is already available there. The thing is that Timer would calculate the time based on the clock ticks passed from the time it was started. Then you have to divide the clock ticks on the frequency of the CPU. That is how you implement a timer class.

Sujeet Suman · Answer

Afzaal first thanks for your reply. I know these both ways. Both are same. System.Timers.Timer object System.Windows.Forms.Timer Kindly let me know is there other ways to implement the same.