C# countdown timer

Question

I\'m trying to make a countdown using C# and show the time in format:

hour:minutes:seconds

I\'ve tried this:

 var minutes          


        

Answer 1

I would use a timer something like this. First a couple of instance variables.

private int _countDown = 30; // Seconds
private Timer _timer;

and in the constructor or load event

_timer = new Timer();
_timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
_timer.Interval = 1000;
_timer.Start();

and then finally the event handler

void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    _countDown--;
    if (_countDown < 1)
    {
        _countDown = 30;
    }
    lblCountDown.Text = _countDown.ToString();
}