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

Question

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 f

Answer 1

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