How to call a custom function when timer has elapsed

[edel_ong]

public static void DisplayTimeEvent( object source, ElapsedEventArgs e ) { if(source==myTimer) { frmRun.getDanceModel(); <-- this line gets an error message "denotes a field where a class is expected" } } how do I call any function when timer has elapsed? I don't quite understand why DisplayTimeEvent doesnt allow a function to be called.. Thanks much

[Nader Elshehabi]

If FrmRun is the name of your class -as I guess-, then for sure you'd get this error. Did you instantiate your class first? Also the way you compare the source with the desired timer is quite odd. I guess you have multiple timers, and you have one handle for all of them? Otherwise if one timer only fires this event then no need to compare. A suggested version of the handler would be this

public static void DisplayTimeEvent( object source, ElapsedEventArgs e )
{
Timer test = source as Timer;
if(test != null && test == myTimer)
{
frmRun MyForm = new frmRun();
frmRun.getDanceModel();
}
}

PS. You did declare your method correctly, didn't you? Did you successfully call it from another method?

Regards:rose:

[edel_ong]

Thanks, however my problem is, frmRun has already been previously instantiated and what I want to do is call a function in frmRun which increments a value that is in frmRun. However the function doesnt recognize a variable that has been instantiated not in DisplayTimeEvent itself. How do I go about this problem? Thank you very much!