A real time updating interface

[Beorne]

Hello, I'm a Java programmer and I'm new to C# (I've read something but
I've no real programming experience). I'm programming a form that
displays some data from an external source (i.e. a com port) ad
displays it. The updating cycle is about every second. The windows form
has a few controls.

In Java there is the swing Timer class that implements a worker thread
that is activated every n millisec and is synchronized with the
interface event threads. Is there something similar in C#? Any example?
Thank you very much.

[rhossi]

Beorne wrote:

Hello, I'm a Java programmer and I'm new to C# (I've read something but
I've no real programming experience). I'm programming a form that
displays some data from an external source (i.e. a com port) ad
displays it. The updating cycle is about every second. The windows form
has a few controls.

In Java there is the swing Timer class that implements a worker thread
that is activated every n millisec and is synchronized with the
interface event threads. Is there something similar in C#? Any example?
Thank you very much.

If you're using .NET 2.0 I suggest you take a look at BackgroundWorke r
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...undworker.aspx)
If you don't like this approach, or, want to accomplish this by your
own hand (to improve your knowledge about C# and .NET) take a look at
this very simple example
http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/bben...29/137586.aspx.
The examples above may give you an introduction to the subject.

HTH

[Brian Gideon]

Beorne wrote:

In Java there is the swing Timer class that implements a worker thread
that is activated every n millisec and is synchronized with the
interface event threads. Is there something similar in C#? Any example?
Thank you very much.

Beorne,

The System.Windows. Forms.Timer and System.Timers.T imer can both be
synchronized with the main UI thread.

Brian

[Beorne]

Brian Gideon wrote:

Beorne wrote:

In Java there is the swing Timer class that implements a worker thread
that is activated every n millisec and is synchronized with the
interface event threads. Is there something similar in C#? Any example?
Thank you very much.

Beorne,

The System.Windows. Forms.Timer and System.Timers.T imer can both be
synchronized with the main UI thread.

Brian

How could I synchronize the Windows.Forms.T imer with the main UI
Thread?

Thanks!

[Brian Gideon]

Beorne wrote:

Brian Gideon wrote:

Beorne,

The System.Windows. Forms.Timer and System.Timers.T imer can both be
synchronized with the main UI thread.

Brian

How could I synchronize the Windows.Forms.T imer with the main UI
Thread?

Thanks!

I wasn't very clear. Actually, the System.Windows. Forms.Timer is
always synchronized with the UI thread. The System.Timers.T imer can
either use the UI thread or a ThreadPool thread depending on how the
SynchronizingOb ject property is set.

Brian

[Beorne]

Brian Gideon wrote:

Beorne wrote:

Brian Gideon wrote:

Beorne,
>
The System.Windows. Forms.Timer and System.Timers.T imer can both be
synchronized with the main UI thread.
>
Brian

How could I synchronize the Windows.Forms.T imer with the main UI
Thread?

Thanks!

I wasn't very clear. Actually, the System.Windows. Forms.Timer is
always synchronized with the UI thread. The System.Timers.T imer can
either use the UI thread or a ThreadPool thread depending on how the
SynchronizingOb ject property is set.

Brian

The choiche is very simple, i'm developing on Compact Framework and
System.Timers.T imer is not supported.
Thanks!