Why timer stops when a dialog box is opened?

Question

hello

I have this code in my MainForm:

CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = False
Dim CountTrafficThread As New Threading.Timer(New Threading.TimerCallback( AddressOf CountTraffic), Nothing, 0, 500)


it works good but, when I call a dialog box from this form, the timer is stopped and counter can not count. If i use a Timer Object from toolbox it work good even after calling dialog box.

please help me.

thank you

Answer 1

The Timer runs to the specific time you have set then stops is normal behavior. If you want to trigger the timer again use the Change method. There are several overloads for change as documented on this page.

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Answer 2

hello

I have this code in my MainForm:

CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = False
Dim CountTrafficThread As New Threading.Timer(New Threading.TimerCallback( AddressOf CountTraffic), Nothing, 0, 500)


it works good but, when I call a dialog box from this form, the timer is stopped and counter can not count. If i use a Timer Object from toolbox it work good even after calling dialog box.

please help me.

thank you

CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = False

Don't use that - ever. It's a leftover that honestly should be removed.

Are you sure you need a Threading timer rather than a standard timer?

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