Using File System and Timer Components 

File system and scheduling components allow you to interact with file system and directory-level resources and raise events at scheduled intervals. FileSystemWatcher component instances allow you to watch for changes to directories and files and react when they occur. The Timer component allows you to set up simple event-raising schedules and carry out associated processing.

In This Section

• File System and Timer Components How-to Topics
  Provides links to all how-to pages found in the documentation for programming with file-system and timer components.

• Reacting to File System Events
  Provides information about responding to events on a file system.

• Creating Timer-Based Server Tasks
  Describes how to use server-based Timer components to raise events on a simple, periodic recurrence pattern.

Related Sections

• Programming with Components
  Presents a high-level overview of component programming and authoring.

• Timer Component Overview (Windows Forms)
  Describes the Windows-based timer and how you can use it.