Timer.Tick Event
Definition
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Occurs when the number of milliseconds specified in the Interval property has elapsed and the page is posted to the server.
public:
event EventHandler<EventArgs ^> ^ Tick;public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Tick;member this.Tick : EventHandler<EventArgs> Public Custom Event Tick As EventHandler(Of EventArgs) Event Type
Examples
The following example shows an UpdatePanel control that displays a randomly generated stock price and the time that the stock price was generated. The Timer control updates the content in the UpdatePanel control every 10 seconds. The stock price and the time are set in a handler for the Tick event.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Timer Example Page</title>
<script runat="server">
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OriginalTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
}
protected void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StockPrice.Text = GetStockPrice();
TimeOfPrice.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
}
private string GetStockPrice()
{
double randomStockPrice = 50 + new Random().NextDouble();
return randomStockPrice.ToString("C");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
<asp:Timer ID="Timer1" OnTick="Timer1_Tick" runat="server" Interval="10000" />
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="StockPricePanel" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" />
</Triggers>
<ContentTemplate>
Stock price is <asp:Label id="StockPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label><BR />
as of <asp:Label id="TimeOfPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
<div>
Page originally created at <asp:Label ID="OriginalTime" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="true" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Timer Example Page</title>
<script runat="server">
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
OriginalTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()
End Sub
Protected Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
StockPrice.Text = GetStockPrice()
TimeOfPrice.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()
End Sub
Private Function GetStockPrice() As String
Dim randomStockPrice As Double = 50 + New Random().NextDouble()
Return randomStockPrice.ToString("C")
End Function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" />
<asp:Timer ID="Timer1" OnTick="Timer1_Tick" runat="server" Interval="10000" />
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="StockPricePanel" runat="server" UpdateMode="Conditional">
<Triggers>
<asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" />
</Triggers>
<ContentTemplate>
Stock price is <asp:Label id="StockPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label><BR />
as of <asp:Label id="TimeOfPrice" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
<div>
Page originally created at <asp:Label ID="OriginalTime" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
The Tick event is raised when the number of milliseconds specified in the Interval property has elapsed either since the Web page was last rendered or since the previous Tick event. Handle the Tick event when you have to perform actions during each postback.
