Implementing a loop using a timer in C#

Question

I wanted to replace a counter based while loop with the timer based while loop in C#.

Example :

while(count < 100000)
{
   //do something 
}
         


        

Answer 1

Use a construct like this:

Timer r = new System.Timers.Timer(timeout_in_ms);
r.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(timer_Elapsed);
r.Enabled = true;
running = true;
while (running) {
   // do stuff
}
r.Enabled = false;

void timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
   running = false;
}

Be careful though to do this on the UI thread, as it will block input.