folks,
Please help. I'm trying to build a user defined control that displays
a time stamp that ticks. Here is what i have so far - it's using
threads but is not working. Can anyone help me please?
Thanks a million in advance.
Al
*******CODE**********
namespace Chapter_12
{
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Threading;
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for DateTimeUserControl.
/// </summary>
public class DateTimeUserControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblDateTimeStamp;
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Put user code to initialize the page here
Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(timeThread));
t.Start();
Thread.Sleep(1000); //1 second
}
public void timeThread()
{
lblDateTimeStamp.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
#region Web Form Designer generated code
override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
//
// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
//
InitializeComponent();
base.OnInit(e);
}
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
}
#endregion
}
}