Is there a timer class in C# that isn't in the Windows.Forms namespace?

c# .net scheduling timer
MrDatabase picture MrDatabase · Oct 4, 2008 · Viewed 22.1k times · Source

I want to use a timer in my simple .NET application written in C#. The only one I can find is the Windows.Forms.Timer class. I don't want to reference this namespace just for my console application.

Is there a C# timer (or timer like) class for use in console applications?

Answer

albertein picture albertein · Oct 4, 2008

System.Timers.Timer

And as MagicKat says:

System.Threading.Timer

You can see the differences here: http://intellitect.com/system-windows-forms-timer-vs-system-threading-timer-vs-system-timers-timer/

And you can see MSDN examples here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timers.timer(VS.80).aspx

And here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.timer(VS.80).aspx

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