Wait - how ?

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How can I tell my C# program to do nothing for 5 secs ?

ie. I want to slow down a process and introduce a deliberate delay.



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peteZ said:
How can I tell my C# program to do nothing for 5 secs ?

ie. I want to slow down a process and introduce a deliberate delay.
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Hi Petz,

Try this:

using System.Threading;

....

Thread.Sleep(5000);


Joe
 
Won't that lock the app solid for 5 seconds? Better to use a loop with a DoEvents in it that checks for Now + 5seconds, or use a
timer.
 
Michael Culley said:
Won't that lock the app solid for 5 seconds? Better to use a loop with a
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DoEvents in it that checks for Now + 5seconds, or use a
timer.
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Sure, if he does it on the UI thread. The question wasn't that specific.
For long running processes, I'll consider pushing it off on a secondary
Thread or do an asynchronous call.

Joe
 
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