How to set a timer in an application so that a function will be called every 5 or 10 min?

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ywchan - 11 Apr 2005 18:15 GMT

I am writing an application which automatically perform some function for
every 5 or 10 min....I would like to ask how to automate it? Thanks!

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 11 Apr 2005 18:49 GMT

"ywchan" <ywchan@gmail.com> schrieb:

>I am writing an application which automatically perform some function for
> every 5 or 10 min....I would like to ask how to automate it? Thanks!

Take a look at the various timer classes of the .NET Framework. In a
Windows Forms application, you can use a 'System.Windows.Forms.Timer'
component (available in the toolbox).

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