Only raise an event if the previous one was completed

Question

I\'m using a System.Timers.Timer in my application. Every second I run a function which does some job. The thing is, this function can block for some little tim

Answer 1

I'm not sure why you are using a new thread to start the timer, since timers run on their own thread, but here's a method that works. Simply turn the timer off until you are done with the current interval.

static System.Timers.Timer oTimer

public static void Main()
{
    oTimer = new System.Timers.Timer();
    oTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(Handler);

    oTimer.Interval = 1000;
    oTimer.Enabled = true;                 
}

private void Handler(object oSource, ElapsedEventArgs oElapsedEventArgs)
{
    oTimer.Enabled = false;

    Console.WriteLine("foo");
    Thread.Sleep(5000);         //simulate some work
    Console.WriteLine("bar");

    oTimer.Enabled = true;
}