Public Class Class1
Private Shared WithEvents myTimer As New System.Windows.Forms.Timer()
Private Shared alarmCounter As Integer = 1
Private Shared exitFlag As Boolean = False
' This is the method to run when the timer is raised.
Private Shared Sub TimerEventProcessor(myObject As Object, _
ByVal myEventArgs As EventArgs) _
Handles myTimer.Tick
myTimer.Stop()
' Displays a message box asking whether to continue running the timer.
If MessageBox.Show("Continue running?", "Count is: " & alarmCounter, _
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) = DialogResult.Yes Then
' Restarts the timer and increments the counter.
alarmCounter += 1
myTimer.Enabled = True
Else
' Stops the timer.
exitFlag = True
End If
End Sub
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Adds the event and the event handler for the method that will
' process the timer event to the timer.
' Sets the timer interval to 5 seconds.
myTimer.Interval = 5000
myTimer.Start()
' Runs the timer, and raises the event.
While exitFlag = False
' Processes all the events in the queue.
Application.DoEvents()
End While
End Sub