/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
Example14_5.cs illustrates the use of the Timer class
*/
using System;
using System.Threading;
public class Example14_5
{
// the CheckTime method is called by the Timer
public static void CheckTime(Object state)
{
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);
}
public static void Main()
{
// create the delegate that the Timer will call
TimerCallback tc = new TimerCallback(CheckTime);
// create a Timer that runs twice a second, starting in one second
Timer t = new Timer(tc, null, 1000, 500);
// Wait for user input
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to exit");
int i = Console.Read();
// clean up the resources
t.Dispose();
t = null;
}
}