Chapter 43. System.Timers
The System.Timers
namespace provides
the Timer
class, which periodically raises an
Elapsed
event. It is a server-based component
designed to be used in a multithreaded environment and is thus more
accurate than many other Windows-based timers. Unlike
System.Windows.Forms.Timer
, a server-based timer
is not dependent on a user interface message pump. Figure 43-1 shows the class diagram for this namespace.
Figure 43-1. The System.Timers namespace
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