How to asynchronously wait for x seconds and execute something then?

Question

I know there is Thread.Sleep and System.Windows.Forms.Timer and Monitor.Wait in C# and Windows Forms. I just can\'t seem to be able to figure out how to wait fo

Answer 1

You can start an asynchronous task that performs your action:

Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>
{
    Thread.Sleep(5000);
    form.Invoke(new Action(()=>DoSomething()));
});

[EDIT]

To pass the interval in you simply have to store it in a variable:

int interval = 5000;
Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>
{
    Thread.Sleep(interval);
    form.Invoke(new Action(()=>DoSomething()));
});

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