How to Make a Timer in Visual Basic
A timer in Visual Basic will permit the developer to have a predetermined activity happen on his operating system after a certain period in time. The developer determines what the activity is and what time period will be. Follow these steps to create a timer in Visual Basic.
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Instructions
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Open up your Visual Basic program. Make one button. Enter this code under the button_click sub: MsgBox ("HELLO I'M A MSG BOX PROMPT").
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Double click on the icon of the clock that is located on the left hand side of the screen.
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Disable the timer so that it does not do something without being programmed with what to do. On the first line type "Private Sub Form_Load()" then on the second line type "Timer1.Enabled = False" On the third line type "End Sub."
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Program the timer to do something. On the first line type "Private Sub Command1_Click()" then on the second line type "Timer1.Enabled = True" On the third line type "End Sub."
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Enter some code to stop the timer from endlessly repeating itself. On the first line type "Private Sub Timer1_Timer()." On the second line type "MsgBox (HELLO I'M A MESSAGE BOX PROMPT")." On the third line type "Timer1.Enabled = False" and on the fourth line type "End Sub."
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Tips & Warnings
Code-based timers are dependent upon the capacity of your operating system's load. Close all applications before making a timer in Visual Basics.
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@ hasan it has a minimun intever of one blip(I belive that's the name.) That is 1/1000 of a second.
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you could of just did the button thing for that :P
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hasan4it
Nov 01, 2009
What is the minimum time interval for the timer
