Problems with the System.Windows.Forms.Timer

Question

Hi All,
Could some one help me please? I'm having a problem using the System.Windows.Forms.Timer inside an ItemEvent, the timer event just doesn't works...give a look in my code:
private System.Windows.Forms.Timer myTimer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
if (pVal.FormUID.Equals("FrmTimer") && pVal.ItemUID.Equals("btnStartTimer") && (pVal.Before_Action.Equals(true)) && (pVal.EventType.Equals(SAPbouiCOM.BoEventTypes.et_CLICK)))
            myTimer .Interval = 1000;
            myTimer .Enabled = true;
            myTimer .Tick += new EventHandler(myTimer _Tick);
void myTimer _Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
            SBO_Application.MessageBox("Timer: " + DateTime.Now, 1, "OK", "", "");
does someone have already tried to use the timer inside an itemevent, or could suggest another solution?
thanks a lot...

Answer 1

Hi Bruno,
Unfortunately you cannot use a Forms.Timer without using a windows form (ie not a SBO form). Have you looked at the other 2 timer objects in .Net, the System.Timer.Timer and System.Threading.Timer? Here's a link to a web page that goes through the differences between each one:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/02/TimersinNET/
Kind Regards,
Owen